Chapter 33: The Truth Is Cruel
Gu Yunxi slowly opened his eyes, and in his field of vision, on the top of the sandalwood shelf bed, the light purple silk tent was hazy with a shallow golden glow.
It was the hour of the lamp.
"The girl is awake?"
Qing'er stood beside the bed with her hands down, saw Gu Yunxi's thick crow feather eyelashes flutter a few times, and then slowly picked it up, hurriedly dipped the corner of her eyes, came up with a teacup in her hand, and asked softly with a smiling face:
"The girl has slept and is she still tired? What I want to eat, I told the kitchen to prepare. ”
"Yunxi!"
Xiao Xiaoshen had been waiting at the head of the bed, and when she saw her sitting up, she jumped from the low stool to the edge of the bed, squatted down and grabbed her hand urgently.
When Gu Yunxi saw him, he was stunned at first. Then I thought that now the forbidden army of Dongchang has all withdrawn to the palace, the ban has been lifted, and the guards can move freely.
"You're here......"
Gu Yunxi's expression was calm, staring at Xiao Xiaoshen's handsome facial features, and said in a light tone.
Brother Xiao Shen has obviously lost weight, and his young and handsome face looks more angular. The white complexion is slightly dull at the moment, and the eyes are deep, revealing the tiredness that cannot be hidden. A circle of stubble was draped around his shaved chin, making him look a little old.
There is no need to ask, looking at him, she knows that during the period when Dongchang was grounded for ten times, everyone's life was not easy.
Xiao Xiaoshen's depressed eyes turned, and when he faced Gu Yunxi's miserable little face, the gray eyes gradually leached with water.
I have never seen him shed tears for anything, so like this, Gu Yunxi didn't know what to say for a while.
Sensing that the atmosphere had become cold, Xiao Xiaoshen blinked vigorously, squeezed the tears that had just been turned up back into his eyes, and said to Gu Yunxi with wet eyes:
"As soon as the Praetorian army withdrew, the leaders came to see the Overseer and you. At that time, you were asleep in your room. You don't want to quarrel with you, so you let me stay with you. ”
"Really......"
After hearing this, Gu Yunxi gradually lowered his head, and smiled desolately:
"I'm sure you've all seen her...... The Overseer's food is beautiful, isn't it? ”
Xiao Xiaoshen frowned, glanced at Qing'er, put on a casual expression, and said with a smile:
"How is that possible? How can she be compared to my sister Yunxi. Just now when you were asleep, I also heard the little eunuchs in the palace talking in private, saying that the people in Kunning Palace are nothing more than that! Dressed so brightly, it is not as heroic as Yun Gongzi! ”
Gu Yunxi smiled bitterly, his bleak eyes flowed, and fell somewhere to the side. The eyes are red, the dry lips are slightly pursed, and the sound is released:
"There was a dream that I had over and over again. In the dream, the overseer was wearing a python robe, majestic, handsome and outstanding. He smiled at me with his hands in his hands, and his smile was so beautiful that I couldn't take my eyes off it anymore.
After that, he turned his back on me and left. I cried and chased, desperately chasing but couldn't catch up...... I always thought it was just a dream. As everyone knows, that is a kind of foreshadowing. I didn't know that Pengxian Guan's hexagram was fulfilled so quickly. Lao Yan flew separately...... I am destined to be inseparable from him......"
"Yunxi!"
Xiao Xiaoshen was overwhelmed by the light voice, he couldn't bear to listen to it anymore, and gradually increased the strength of his hand in her hand, snorted and said:
"The Overseer does have a hard time, and everyone knows it. Stop thinking nonsense and take care of your body. If you feel that the house is stuffy, go to Dongchang with your brother, and everyone is waiting for you over there! ”
Gu Yunxi stopped talking, leaning weakly against the bedpost, his face was pale, his complexion was haggard, his lips were slightly upturned from blood loss, and he condensed a sad smile. His eyes were blank, staring blankly at somewhere ahead. The candle flame flickered faintly, jumping between her eyes, but it could not brighten the gloomy halo at the bottom of her eyes.
It was as if she was immersed in her own world of memories, unable to extricate herself. As he spoke, crystal tears kept falling to the ground.
There was movement outside the house, and the clear voice under the porch sounded:
"Yun Gongzi, I brought some dinner, can I open the door?"
"It's Yanwan!"
When Qing'er heard this, she immediately raised her eyebrows and said sharply:
"I'm going to get her away!"
"Don't!"
Gu Yunxi stopped her, wiped her eyes and said:
"Let her in first! Rushing into her rashly seems to be rude! ”
"As much as you can see!"
Qing'er flattened her mouth, and reluctantly took a broken step to open the door.
Under the corridor, Yan Wan holds the lacquer plate in his hand, slim and elegant. Seeing Qing'er's face full of anger, she frowned in fright and looked aggrieved. Then he smiled flatteringly, and said:
"I came to see Yun Gongzi, and the overseer called me over......"
Qing'er turned sideways in disgust to make way out.
Yan Wan hurriedly carried the lotus into the house, her posture was graceful, and every step was eye-catching.
Seeing Gu Yunxi on the bed, she smiled, like a bright peach blossom in spring:
"Yun Gongzi woke up? I just heard that you fainted from exhaustion, and the Overseer was worried. It's just that he has been in bed for a while, and the whole house depends on you to take care of it alone, so he is really tired. The overseer knows that you love shrimp and fish porridge the most, and he ordered someone to cook it and asked me to bring it while it was hot. ”
Yan Wan put the lacquer plate on the table, took the porridge and walked to the bed.
"Thanks, I don't have an appetite, just leave it there. If you want to drink it, Qing'er will heat it up for me. ”
Gu Yunxi said lightly, without much expression on his face. The eyelashes drooped slightly, blocking the mist under the eyes.
After thinking about it, he calmly asked:
"How are you doing, Governor?"
Yan Wan put on a look of knowing everything, and her eyebrows, eyes and facial features were dyed with joy:
"Yun Gongzi, rest assured, everything is fine with the Overseer. At dinner, I had a great appetite and ate half a bowl of rice. ”
"Oh, that's ......"
Gu Yunxi's eyes froze, and his voice was curling.
Xiao Xiaoshen was silent, his eyes suddenly turned sharp, and he raised his head to stare at Yanwan.
He only felt that Yanwan's answer was too harsh, and he didn't know if she had a heart or was too unable to speak.
Yan Wan paused, and felt that sharp eyes like double blades shot straight from the side, and the pores of her whole body opened suddenly, and the hairs stood up.
There was silence again
Gu Yunxi saw that Yan didn't leave at night, standing dry but not speaking, so he asked:
"Is there anything else?"
Yan Wan looked hesitant, her delicate face was a little aggrieved, and she asked tentatively:
"Yun Gongzi, can I say a few words with you alone?"
Gu Yunxi's eyes were slightly bright, and his face was pale. Raised his eyes to look at Qing'er and Xiao Xiaoshen, and said calmly:
"Brother Xiaoshen, Qing'er, you two go out first."
Xiao Xiaoshen's face stiffened, he didn't refute, and silently grabbed Qing'er and walked out.
There were only two people left in the room, Gu Yunxi and Yanwan.
"Plop", Yanwan knelt on her knees, her face was full of shame and shame, and a few tears condensed in her sparkling eyes.
Gu Yunxi's eyes were shocked, he never expected the woman in front of him to be like this. Although stunned, Gu Yunxi didn't completely bring this strange appearance to his face, his expression was only slightly surprised, and he asked in a shallow voice:
"What are you doing here? Hurry up. ”
"Yun Gongzi doesn't drink the porridge I sent, Yan Wan is worried in her heart and doesn't dare to get up."
Gu Yunxi locked his eyebrows and shook his head, although he was upset, he didn't have the energy to attack her, so he stretched out his hand and said in a hoarse voice:
"Take it and I'll drink it."
Yan Wan immediately turned out to be relieved, and raised the bowl high with a smile.
Gu Yunxi took it and scooped two spoonfuls into his mouth.
Chef Guo's craftsmanship in the Admiral's Mansion is excellent, and in the past, Gu Yunxi could drink two and a half bowls of such delicious porridge. Now, after only eating two spoonfuls, she feels that her belly is stretching ~ up.
Yanwan was very eye-catching, and when she saw this, she took the bowl and handed over the handkerchief earnestly.
Gu Yunxi wiped his mouth and said:
"Okay, I've eaten, you can make an errand."
Yan Wan knelt on the ground again, and her eyes were rippling with a pool of spring water, and there were tears:
"Yun Gongzi, this time I came to ask you for my guilt!"
Gu Yunxi shook his head, his eyes stared at her, and his vigilance did not decrease:
"I don't know what you mean.
"Yun Gongzi, don't get me wrong. Yan came to the mansion again this time, just to be ordered to match the overseer with food, not to share favor with the son. ”
"What did you say?!"
Gu Yunxi's eyes widened, and his pale little face flushed strangely.
"Don't get me wrong......"
Yan Wan continued:
"Actually, Yanwan has long been aware of the Overseer's habits, and she also knows that the Overseer favors you. It's nothing to think about, there are many servants in the palace, and they also like men......"
This is a big misunderstanding
Gu Yunxi thought that she was frightened by Yan Wan's words, and she just thought that she had discovered the secret of her daughter's body.
At the moment, she actually misunderstood that the Overseer had a habit of breaking sleeves.
That's not the point, though!
Gu Yunxi sat at the head of the bed without making a sound, and watched Yanwan's next performance.
Yan Wan knelt on the ground and smiled, her expression was embarrassed:
"The slave knows the matter of being ordered to eat each other. Lord Leng is in a high position, has been in the officialdom for a long time, and everything must be done first in the overall situation. The slave is just a weak female stream, and she has to be driven by others in everything, knowing that she is just a bargaining chip in a transaction, and she can only be appointed.
Ran Yan entered the house alone at night, with no support, just seeking a place in the house. Therefore, in the future, I will rely on Yun Gongzi to take care of you, and I hope you will be forgiving. ”
Gu Yunxi heard it in a fog, and her intuition told her that there was another hidden story behind the fact that Yanwan and the overseer were ordered to eat against each other.
The eyebrows are slightly together, and the light of the eyes is sharp. Gu Yunxi waved his hand to Yan Wan and said calmly:
"Girl, get up quickly, you are the palace worthy of the food with the overseer of my family, everything depends on the emperor and the queen, and you are taken care of by the overseer in the palace. For I am the disciple of the Overseer, and half of my attendants, so you don't have to kneel to me. ”
There was lukewarm in his words, and there was some resentment in it, how could Yan Wan not hear it?
Eyebrows raised slightly, Yan Wan secretly suppressed a little pride, buried her head lower, and said:
"Childe, are you still blaming the slave? Do you really want the slave and maid to die and dig out their hearts to give to their son? Thinking that slaves and maids are also people who have died once, why not be afraid of dying again. ”
"What are you talking about?!" Gu Yunxi was shocked.
Yan Wan sighed quietly:
"At the beginning, because the cold overseer was seriously injured, the slave maid was favored by Queen Qian and sent to the house to take care of the overseer's daily life. Slaves and maids are stupid people, who do not understand the deep meaning, and only serve the overseer properly in order to live up to their mission. After being inexplicably retreated by the house, he was ridiculed coldly in the palace, and felt that he had no face to live in the world, so he committed suicide by hanging the beam but was rescued.
This time, he was ordered to match the overseer with food, but the slave and maid refused to do it for the sake of the past. After the words of the aunt in charge, the slave and the maid realized that everything was a chess game, and the slave and maid had unconsciously become a chess piece in the game. Knowing that this was the case, the slave and maid would not suffer the sin of the hanging beam.
The slave maid is just a female stream, with no power to restrain the chicken, and she doesn't know what the government is trying to do. ”
Suddenly, Gu Yunxi's heart was strange, his brows became tighter and tighter, and some frost gradually formed:
"Yanwan, you mean ......"
"Yun Gongzi is a smart person, can't he really see the hidden mystery of Yanwan's coming and going?"
Yan Wan wants to capture the past, but he doesn't say it. raised his crystal eyes and looked directly at Gu Yunxi, and there was a hint of coldness in his soft smile, and there was a kind of inexplicable cunning.
Gu Yunxi woke up like a dream, only to feel a chill down his spine, and cold sweat was dripping.
Thinking about it seriously, Yan Wan was clearly hinting that she was just a chess piece, the eyeliner that the queen wanted to put next to the overseer.
If you want to come to Dongchang to become bigger in the government and the opposition, it is already a big hidden danger in the court. The forbidden army surrounded the East Factory, and after a long time, it may not be necessary to take advantage of the Spring Banquet to dismiss the East Factory, which is exactly what the overseer has been worried about.
Empress Qian sent Yanwan for the first time, and the overseer did not hesitate to risk offending Kunning Palace to return it. This time, Queen Qian sent Yan Wan again, and publicized it with great fanfare, so that the two were like a game.
Now that Yan Wan has successfully entered the mansion, it is like an eyeliner planted next to the overseer, and the siege of Dongchang is redundant, and the forbidden army has naturally withdrawn.
And the overseer, the reason why he was able to tolerate the eyes around him and be able to accept Yan Wan happily for the second time must be ......
Indeed, compared to his own idea, the whole capital went around, begged for pear rain and made Jiaozhu pear, and then mobilized the people to look for a way to confront people and witnesses after returning to the portrait of Fu Danqing, so as to stay late in exchange for the power of the entire Dongchang, which is indeed a shortcut to save time and worry.
Gu Yunxi's long eyelashes suddenly rose, his eyes widened, and his inner pupils were full of light.
Shocked, undeservedly shocked
Gu Yunxi's hands were clenched into fists, and the tips of his tongue pressed hard against his upper teeth, trying his best not to let his body tremble violently, and not to let his frightened expression easily release it on his face.
Getting out of bed slowly, Gu Yunxi helped Yanwan up, walked to the dresser again, and took out an embroidered handkerchief from the drawer.
Yan Wan's face changed slightly, and she asked in surprise:
"Isn't this the embroidered handkerchief I gave to the overseer? How in the hands of Childe? ”
Gu Yunxi sneered sadly:
"Last time you left, the Overseer took it out and threw it away. I saw that the silk material was precious, and it was a pity to lose it and left it, but it was never used. Now that you have returned, you have returned the things. Remember, the Overseer has always used only Supa. ”
was stared at by Gu Yunxi's strange eyes, and the resentful color in his eyes bloomed like an epiphany, and disappeared in a flash.
With her head bowed and her eyebrows lowered, Yan Wan didn't say a word, and silently put the embroidered handkerchief back.
Gu Yunxi's expression was dignified, and he said:
"I went to the Overseer and told him something."
Yan Wan heard a smile and said:
"The overseer has not yet been settled, and the prince will go by himself. The slave and maid brought the dishes to the kitchen, and then went to serve them. ”
Gu Yunxi strode out the door.
Behind her, Yan Wan's eyes narrowed, bursting out with a sharp cold light. The lips of the rose were proudly sparse, and a mocking smile was raised.
Murder and heart, but Erer
Walking around the empty room, his gloomy gaze swept over the furnishings in the room one by one.
The furnishings in the small pavilion are exquisite and luxurious, which shows that the big eunuch really paid attention to her.
Yan Wan's mental activity did not stop, and gradually turned her attention to the Luodian jewelry box on the dresser.
She wears men's clothes every day, does she also need gold and silver jewelry?
Yan Wan was curious, opened the jewelry box and looked through it. There were only a few hairpins with curled hair lying on the inner lining of the red silk, and one of them was more peculiar, which caught Yan Wan in an instant.
It is a wooden hairpin, and the hairpin head is a budding magnolia. No matter how delicate it is, you can see at a glance that it is a handmade product that is not available in the world.
The slender orchid fingers are cocked, gently holding the wooden hairpin, and Yan Wan's eyes sneer.
Could it be that this murderous and unblinking Admiral of Dongchang would still be so dexterous in woodworking?
Gu Yunxi walked quickly to the courtyard of the Governor's Courtyard and pushed the door in.
Leng Qingtang was leaning sideways on the bed reading a book. Hearing the movement of the door, when he raised his eyes, Gu Yunxi had already come in and stood at the head of the bed.
"Up?"
He asked abruptly, staring at her sweaty, emaciated little face. The various anguish and frustration loaded on it made his eyes suddenly hurt.
“……”
Gu Yunxi just looked at him and didn't speak, so dry that his flaky lips trembled.
"I heard that you fainted from exhaustion, and now you are only getting up, so don't suffer the wind again. It's too late, let's go back. ”
Leng Qingtang said with a gloomy face, seemingly concerned, but in fact, he drove his life outward.
The tone is too cold, so cold that there is no temperature, without a trace of emotion.
Gu Yunxi was frozen by this cool sentence, he was stunned, raised his eyelashes, stared at Leng Qingtang dumbly, slowly lowered his eyes, and continued to linger on Yu Wuwen's eyes on the book.
For a while, there was silence all around.
The man was still handsome and extraordinary, with scattered black hair, snow-white bedclothes, and a chic and elegant fairy, which was the same as the person in her memory and in her heart.
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The difference is that at this moment, his expression is as cold as eternal ice, and every look, every word, and even every inch of breath is cold and lukewarm.
"Overseer...... I just want to ask you one thing......"
Gu Yunxi waited by the bedside in a daze, as if it was transparent air, he ignored it.
"Just ask." He replied calmly.
"You sent Yan Wan back to the palace that time, it was for me...... Or is it for the East Factory?! ”
The voice of Qi Qi made Leng Qingtang twitch his sword eyebrows faintly, and his eyes were like bright stars, flickering and disappearing in the depths of his eyes.
After not getting an answer for a long time, Gu Yunxi's bitter and hateful expression became even thicker, and he asked again:
"Is it for me, or for Dongchang!"
He once said that he only had her in his heart, and he would deal with Yanwan's affairs and ask her to believe him
Then she was convinced, and the Overseer sent the woman back to the palace for her sake. For her sake, she did not hesitate to offend Queen Qian.
If it weren't for Yan Wan's mention today, Gu Yunxi would never believe that the overseer's approach would still have a side purpose.
Until this time, she stood in front of his eyes, frozen by the chill exuded by his whole body to the point that her hands and feet trembled, and she still did not want to doubt it, hoping that he would be able to say to her in person, and say the answer she hoped for.
Finally, in her anxious and hopeful gaze, Leng Qingtang slowly raised his eyes, and between his eyes, his tone was a little impatient:
"What's important for you or for Dongchang? It's a thing of the past! ”
"It's important to me! I want to know the answer, and I want you to tell me the answer! ”
Gu Yunxi said stubbornly, his shallow eyes flowing with sadness, firmly pressing towards him, without slackening or refusing to retreat.
Leng Qingtang locked his sword eyebrows, his expression was entangled, as if he was a chess ~ card veteran, he was seen through the hole cards, his expressions of chagrin, shame and shame were intertwined, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot, and he was already defeated.
After a moment of silence, he moved his fragile red eyes to the side, and said hoarsely:
"Girl, don't push me"
Gu Yunxi's eyes were round, and his expression was in a trance. Taking two steps back, she raised her big apricot eyes slightly, and barely squeezed out a bitter smile.
She already knew the answer
The long eyelashes trembled twice, wet with the mist of mist in his eyes. Through the mist, his appearance became blurred, and she couldn't see it for a while.
The face is so close at hand, so strange. Obviously only five steps away, the two hearts seem to be far away from the ends of the world.
Gu Yunxi turned around slowly and burst into tears.
Behind him, his voice rose sharply:
"Girl, I can't lose Dongchang! Ten years of hard work is there, and you should know how important it is to me! ”
After a moment of silence, he said:
"Girl...... Don't leave me! ”
The trembling broken voice, suppressing the release of all emotions, turned into a weak pleading, falling on Gu Yunxi's soft heart, but it was like a heavy blow.
Don't leave me
She didn't dare look back at the collapsed stranger on the bed. Bean-sized tears fell one after another, falling to the ground and shattering into several petals. She resolutely pushed the door open and fled.
In the room, Leng Qingtang's expression was gloomy, like a heartless and unwarm wood carving lying on the head of the bed. His hand was sharply relaxed, and the book fell to the ground, and he was no longer able to pick it up.
Silently looking at the empty door, the two wet spots on the ground were blurring in front of their vision.
The whole heart hurt inexplicably, and the grinding feeling quickly invaded all over his body, grinding until his ten fingers were trembling.
Gu Yunxi ran out of the yard in one go. Tears flowed freely on the withered little face. She stubbornly raised her head and swallowed the tears in her stomach in a daze.
The evening sky is like ink, deep and vast, and the stars are Rob on the boundless sky. This brilliant night sky resembles his eyes, clear, bright, mysterious and seductive.
She smiled sadly at the starry sky.
Once, I thought I wasn't small anymore, I thought I was strong enough to have your gentleness when I raised my hand.
Only now do I know that the starry sky is cold. I am still small, I have never touched this starry sky with my hand, and I have never had the gentleness of the starry sky......
It's night
Leng Qingtang was alone in the house, and he was about to fall asleep at the fixed hour.
A long black shadow hung from outside the curtain, alerting his drowsy nerves.
"Who"
At the same time as the shouting was loud, the man had already broken the curtain and stood up.
At the other end of the curtain, there is a jade Xuanji with fiery red fairy clothes.
Leng Qingtang understands the national teacher. Being able to avoid the eyes and ears of several night guards in the Admiral's Mansion and break into his bedroom without wearing night clothes is really a great effort!
Leng Qingtang's eyes turned sharp, and he said solemnly:
"How can you meet me without being summoned?"
Yu Xuanji smiled:
"Lord Leng is so powerful! Today, Xuanji appeared here without being summoned, and it was actually a return of something to the Overseer. However, I heard that there was a happy event in the house, so I congratulated the Lord by the way. Thinking about the warm spring season, the cold overlord is also prosperous, hugging left and right to envy others. ”
"What the hell are you doing?"
Seeing that the other party was about to turn his face, Yu Xuanji smiled slightly, and raised his right hand on the ground.
The breeze brushed Leng Qingtang's cheeks, he raised his hand to catch the thrown thing, and looked down through the moonlight.
It was the red rope that he wrapped around Gu Yunxi's wrist with his own hands, and the two golden beans were displayed in the night, mottled with a faint yellow light.
Leng Qingtang frowned: "Have you looked for her?!" ”
"Don't get me wrong, it was she who took the initiative to come to Pengxian Guan to find me!"
Yu Xuanji raised one side of his eyebrows, and his smile was cold and a little proud.
Leng Qingtang's face was gloomy in an instant, his eyes darkened, and his deep voice was full of coercion:
"Don't beat her mind!"
"Have you eaten it?"
Yu Xuanji's clear eyes were staring at the cold light in the night, tightly locking Leng Qingtang's angry face:
"I'm not interested in women, and you're not ignorant. It's nothing more than to ask you, who the hell is she?! ”
Suddenly put away the ridicule, Yu Xuanji looked solemn, and asked in a cold voice:
"You brought her dressed as a man with you just because you liked it?"
Leng Qingtang turned his head to stop looking at him, and replied stiffly:
"It's none of your business who she is! Your job is to do what you have to do! ”
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Yu Xuanji was finally forced to fire by the other party's surprisingly calm and indifferent, and flicked his sleeves and shouted:
"Do you know what you're doing! Today, I came to tell you that the palace has always been cruel, and you should learn a lesson from the Spring Banquet and don't get into trouble again! Don't forget who my eldest brother died for, who I died for, and what price I paid! ”
Leng Qingtang sighed faintly, and said in a flat tone:
"I won't forget."
"There is one more thing, why did you pass on the recipe for Jiaozhu pear to her?!"
"What are you talking about?"
Leng Qingtang turned to surprise, and his puzzled eyes suddenly turned back, looking at Yu Xuanji's angry face.
"Don't pretend! She had already admitted it herself. In order to make Jiaozhu pears for you, I went to my Taoist temple and walked away a whole can of aged pear rain! How's it going, what does it taste like? ”
Yu Xuanji stared at Leng Qingtang's bewildered handsome face, and the cold sneer gradually spread a trace of desolation.
There was silence among themselves.
At a moment, Yu Xuanji turned around, and the voice of the slump carried infinite resentment:
"Brother He, the weaving method of the exquisite buckle on the red rope was taught to you by me when I was a child. At that time, every time I asked, you said that you couldn't learn......"
Leng Qingtang lost his mind for a moment, looking at the red rope on his palm and couldn't speak. When I raised my eyes again, Yu Xuanji had disappeared without a trace 2k reading network