Chapter 18: A Dance in the City (1)

"Bengong really underestimated my sister's charm technique!" After the news that Canglan was about to be named a Xi Beauty, Qian Qian beckoned Canglan to her side and looked at Canglan Tsai carefully.

"Concubine Xiao will always be a concubine!" Canglan knelt on the ground and bowed his head.

"Concubine? I'm afraid that I really believed your words, so I ended up in the cave room and the end of the empty room! What's the use of this concubine? I was stupid to believe your nonsense! ”

After she finished speaking, she poured the tea from the white jade cup in her hand on Canglan's face, and slammed the cup to the ground, and the crisp breaking sound accompanied by the white fragments instantly rose up.

Canglan didn't speak, his face was wet with cold water, and the hair on his forehead was messy on his face.

"Don't look at your obedient and docile appearance on the surface, you look like a loyal minister, and secretly I don't know how many charming things you did to seduce Your Highness, let's go our own way, we'll see!"

After Qian Qian finished speaking, she turned around and left resentfully, and Canglan knelt in place, in a trance for a while.

These days, Canglan has not had any clues, and now that she has been promoted to a beauty, she naturally lives in the beauty's bedroom, and the palace maids below are busy decorating the room. She walked out of the courtyard and sat on the edge of a long pavilion, the clear glow of the moonlight sprinkled on the ground, and the cold meaning of late autumn spread around, gently playing with the crystal clear white jade in her hand.

The ivory bracelet had been returned to Ling Xiao, and the remaining jade pendant was the last relic of the entire Baifu after the fire.

She recalled in her heart what his father and mother looked like when they took her into the palace on the birthday of the eldest prince.

When her father and mother quarreled because of her, her father always protected her.

She was very naughty when she was a child, and she didn't look like a lady at all, and she got up every morning to play with knives and guns with her father.

Whenever this happens, Zhang Caixin always complains: "What do you think you have taught our daughter to be?" ”

Her father would say, "How can the daughter of our Bai family be comparable to the average lady, if you want to be literate and martial, even if my Bai family doesn't have a son, she can still inherit the family business!" ”

At that time, she always went to Lingxiao's house from time to time to play, and they watched the night view of Yanzhou City on the rooftop, as well as the moonlight on the inky sky.

Even though she had been poisoned by the assassins last time, Ling Xiao came to save her with an antidote.

At that time, the eldest prince was still the handsome and ruthless person she hated.

But the gratuitous chase a year ago made her lose Xiaoqing, and Xiaoqing's life and death are still unknown.

The next day, the fire of the White Mansion changed everything.

"Homesick?"

This voice is very familiar, and when Canglan came to his senses, it was still the gentle and elegant Yunqi who was wearing a sword at his waist in white clothes.

Su Suxuan looked at the woman in front of her, a little sad between her eyebrows, with a little bit of Qiu Ju's high height, she seemed to be weak and had muscles, and she was very lovable.

"Yunqi?" Canglan never thought that he would see Yunqi here.

"In the heir of the king Su Suxuan"

"Su Suxuan! You are Su Suxuan? Canglan stared at Su Suxuan incredulously, but everything seemed to be expected.

Su Suxuan, why didn't she expect Yunqi to be Su Suxuan?

When I was still the eldest lady of Baifu in the past, I had heard that Su Suxuan, the son of the prime minister of the dynasty, was proficient in medical skills and swordsmanship and was a rare talent, but he had a free and easy personality and liked to travel all over the world.

If you want to say that the man in the world can make her admire, Su Suxuan also belongs to one of them, Canglan wanted to see Su Suxuan a long time ago, but he has always been hindered by the hostile relationship between the Su family and the Bai family in the court, and he has no contact with him in private, and he once wanted to use his father's power to see him, but he has never seen him.

It turned out that after she was injured, it was Su Suxuan who saved her.

"I heard that you are going to marry His Highness?"

"Hmm!" Canglan looked up at Su Suxuan, but his eyes were extremely sincere.

"Refuse Your Highness!" When Canglan heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and she almost suspected that she had heard it wrong, but Su Suxuan's next words shocked her even more.

"I'll marry you as a wife, and with my power you will find the truth more easily"

"Please...... The heir king retracted this, Canglan didn't say it" Canglan was speechless for a while, her mind was blank and buzzing.

"Do you really like you when Your Highness thinks of you?" This question was exchanged for Canglan's silence, Su Suxuan obviously misunderstood Canglan, she didn't like Wei Tianyue at all, and she also clearly understood that Wei Tianyue was only cooperating with her.

"It's inconvenient for the minister to disturb the tide beauty more."

"Since you said that it was too much trouble, please go back to the heir!"

Maybe Su Suxuan was really afraid that Canglan would be blinded by his mind, and he had no way to get Canglan out of this dispute.

But since she has given so much, it is impossible to make her give up halfway.

Canglan also took into account that Su Suxuan was from the third prince's side, if Su Suxuan openly wanted to marry her, wouldn't the contradiction with the eldest prince be even more intense?

He was originally a benefactor who helped him, how could he be in danger.

In addition, he is the opposing party of his father, although it is impossible to directly participate in the murder of Baifu, but they are always opposites.

In this entanglement, she didn't want Su Suxuan to be involved.

After Su Suxuan said goodbye, he turned around and left, dressed in white and especially silent in the long pavilion.

Canglan turned his head to look at the bright moon in the night sky, some faint thin clouds flowed in an unpredictable state under the moonlight, and the wind rose for a while, and there was a mountain rain to come and the wind was full of buildings.

Canglan watched Su Suxuan's white clothes and long sleeves messy in the wind until they disappeared from sight.

Canglan has always been on the side of the red pillar of the long pavilion, the autumn wind is blowing more and more violently, and the hair and clothes are messy.

"Ximeiren, let's go back to the house and rest when it's cold outside the house!" A maid was holding a vase, her delicate face didn't seem to have grown yet, and she was also fifteen or sixteen years old, which made her think of Xiaoqing.

"Then let's go back to the house!"

The maid looked at the young lady with a sad face, and the wind outside was strong and there was a tendency to rain, worried that the young lady's body was weak and easy to catch the wind and cold, so she put on a cloak for her.

"What's your name?"

"The slave and the maid call the rain"

"Rain, then I'll call you Yu'er from now on!"

She glanced back at the long pavilion that Su Suxuan had walked through, and there was no one left, only the withered willow branches outside were still flying in the wind.

It was precisely because she owed Su Suxuan so much that she had to refuse.

Su Suxuan saved her when she was on the verge of life and death, and she followed him to live in seclusion in the mountains, learning swordsmanship and medicine from him.

There is also a young man who often follows by her side, and Su Suxuan's careful care in those days has made her get rid of a lot of troubles, and she doesn't want to live that life of wandering mountains and rivers all the time.

But the fire that the Bai family endured can never be extinguished in her heart, the life of the Bai family is her own life, and she should be alone if she wants a truth and innocence.

When I just stepped in front of the door, the heavy rain poured down, and the entire imperial city was shrouded in heavy rain, and the eaves quickly accumulated water, and the raindrops fell like transparent agate curtains, and the glazed orange light of the palace lamps under the eaves depicted the heavy rain around them into countless filaments.

Canglan raised his hand, wanting to catch the countless drizzles and feel the coldness of countless stars.

A pillar of soothing incense is gently placed in the bronze finely carved incense burner, and wisps of green smoke rise slowly, ethereal.

Xiao Guifei sat in front of the desk, the letter paper on the table was already full, and she stopped the pen in her hand.

Xiao Guifei folded the letter and handed it to the maid who was guarding aside.

"Today, you went to the Shio Mei to help take care of things, but what did you see?" She dipped the brush in her hand in the water gently.

"Slave maid......" The palace maid bent down and covered her mouth with her hands, and whispered a few words in Xiao Guifei's ear, and then stepped aside in a regular manner.

"Oh, that's good!" When Xiao Guifei heard this, the corners of her mouth gently lifted upward, and the smile in her eyes deepened.

"The heir?" Concubine Xiao Guifei whispered, thinking for a moment, "Transfer this letter to the Third Highness."

"Yes! The slave and maid are gone! ”

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"Ximei, you see how good the sky is outside!" Yu'er tidied up her sleeves for Canglan.

"That's fine, go out for a walk with me!"

Canglan took Yu'er's hand and walked out of the room.

Canglan these days living in the new dormitory is at ease, it seems that he has not moved much for a long time, and the gloomy weather for several days is rare and good weather today, and the quiet and faint attack of plum blossoms.

The eldest prince named her a Xi beauty, but Wei Tianyue never touched her, and seemed to be more alienated and indifferent to her than to today's Xiao Guifei.

It turned out that it was just better for her to help him hide his secret.

It is said that Wei Tianyue is not close to women, and according to the current form, it seems that it also verifies the folk rumors.

I have been thinking about it in the room for the past few days, although there is not much way out, but there are already some clues, at least he can find it from Xiao Guifei, I remember that on the day Qian Qian got married, there was a pair of old women shouting "Yu'er" in the back, maybe the old women knew something, she had already sent someone to find the old woman.

The most important purpose is to get close to the eldest prince, Canglan was still thinking about how to approach Wei Tianyue in the future, and Yu'er said, "Ximeiren, the slave maid heard that the eldest prince is going to pass by the Yanyutang today!" ”

"Really?"

"You say I'm not as snubbed as Concubine Xiao? What's the use of going? Canglan smiled faintly, hiding the bitterness in his heart.

"The slave knows that the eldest prince has been in the palace for so many years, except for the current Xiao Guifei, he has never canonized other women, if you say canonization, you are still the first, the slave and maid think, there must be something special that can be favored by the eldest prince!"

Canglan listened to Yu'er's words, and there was no flattery in every sentence.

"You're like a friend I used to know."

Canglan looked at her, but Yu'er's eyes had a hint of imperceptible dodge, and she lowered her head and said to Canglan.

"It is a blessing for a slave to be like a friend of a slave and a maid."

In fact, these days, Yu'er feels that the Ximei she serves is not like other mothers, she never puts on a stand and does not make things difficult, and she is like a good sister to her, a rare good master.

She has been in this palace for seven years, and she has seen many beautiful concubines with kind hearts and simple hearts, but they were all framed in the battle of the harem.

Canglan didn't plan to go to Yanyutang, because maybe Xiao Guifei was also waiting there, since Yu'er knew the news, then Xiao Guifei's maids naturally knew.

"Just soak up the sun in this courtyard!"

"Niangniang, are you going to miss this opportunity?"

Canglan smiled without saying a word, she stared at the high wall of the deep palace, and the crystal plum blossoms were now particularly strong against the backdrop of the red wall.

"I'll teach you how to dance, how?"

Yu'er seemed to feel that she couldn't figure it out, she didn't expect Xi Meiren to suddenly talk about dancing, but that approachable and gentle tone and words always made her feel inexplicably kind.

"You are the master, the slave is the servant, this is absolutely unacceptable!"