Halfway through the feast, I felt bored, so I quietly walked out under the pretext of changing clothes. Walk into a chic square pavilion and sit down on the red railing. In the courtyard, there are clusters of lush green bamboos, with graceful branches and leaves, green sideburns, and the surrounding cypress trees are lush and lush, and the falling style contrasts with each other. The green bamboo and cypress are dotted with many steep and beautiful mountain stones, which are staggered, sparse and dense, and the greenery is covered, and the shadows and shadows are more elegant and elegant.

Watching the scenery out of my mind, a loud male voice called back my thoughts, "Hua Zhaorong." ”

Tilting my head, there was a straight figure standing in front of me, with one hand on his back, looking at me condescendingly.

I got up in a hurry and asked with a smile: "It's so easy for the prince to reunite with his wife and children, why don't you spend more time with them and enjoy the joy of family, but he comes out alone?" ”

Chen Ji squinted at me with a smile and said, "Speaking of which, Humble Jing and Shubao were able to return safely this time and reunite with this king, Hua Zhaorong is indispensable." ”

"Me?" My eyes widened in bewilderment, thanks to it?

"The emperor's brother Xiushu sent Mao Xi to the Zhou State to pick up Jing Yan and Shubao, but the Emperor of the Zhou State did not allow it. But after reading the imperial brother's letter, he knew that Hua Zhaorong was trapped in the Chen State, so he immediately agreed and sent Jingyan and Shubao back to China. Speaking of which, this is stained with Hua Zhaorong's light, and Hua Zhaorong naturally contributed a lot. ”

I was shocked, so to speak, when I first came to the palace, Chen Qian had already revised the book to inform Yuwen Yong about me in Chen Guo?

I want to know what Chen Qian wrote in the letter, it is nothing more than using me as a threat to release Princess Ancheng and the prince and the like, so to speak, Yu Wenyong, he- knows that I am here?!

In his ears were Chen Ji's meaningful words, "It can be seen that in the heart of the imperial brother, Hua Zhaorong is just a pawn that can be used, and nothing else." Hua Zhaorong will stop thinking crookedly in the future, beauty tricks or something, it won't work for the royal brother. ”

I didn't care what Chen Xuan said, and I didn't have the heart to explore the meaning of his words, there was only one thought in my mind: What did Yu Wenyong want to do here, he knew the real relationship between me and him best, how could he still be coerced by Chen Qian, what was he planning, did he want to deal with me?

Seeing that I didn't react, Chen Ji probably felt bored and walked away stupidly.

It's okay, he is in the Zhou State, I am in the Chen State, no matter how powerful he is, it is impossible for him to reach out to the palace of the Chen State, not to mention that he is just a puppet emperor now, what can he do to me? I consoled myself with this and restrained my abnormal heartbeat. But when I think of Yuwen Yong, it shows that he is cowardly and withdrawn, but he has a furrow in his chest and a lot of things inside. It is like a pool of clear and deep water, but it is dark and uncertain, full of whirlpools, cold and dangerous, and you may drown in it if you are not careful. Such a person, to me, is not friend or foe, and I feel chilling when I think about it.

Back at the feast, I found Chen looking at me with an inquiring gaze. I sneered to myself, and I was speculating if I had any bad thoughts about Chen Guoan? I looked back at him defiantly without showing weakness, Chen Ji was stunned for a moment in surprise, then returned to his senses and chuckled, playing with the wine cup in his hand with one hand, and did not look at me again.

At the end of the feast, the joy returned, the sky was dark, dark as ink, Li Fei carefully carried the auspicious and wishful octagonal palace lamp to illuminate me, the cold wind blew, the palace lamp swayed, fluttered to the ground, even the light was also drifting and unknown, flickering like a dark and bright star.

"Oops." The beeswax pearl earring in my right ear fluttered, and I touched the empty left earlobe, and said in annoyance, "My earrings are missing, I guess they have fallen in the Fangde Palace." Lifei, you go and help me find it. ”

Li Fei was stunned and didn't move, and said with some hesitation: "Niangniang, it's so late, the slave maid doesn't worry about Niangniang leaving someone here." ”

"Can this be delayed?" For the first time, I straightened my face and changed my kindness, "Those earrings are very important to me, if you have anything to worry about, just go and come back quickly." ”

Seeing that I insisted on doing so, Li Fei was not easy to disobey, so she hurried to the Fangde Palace.

Looking at the disappearing figure of Li Fei, I unfolded my left palm, smiled faintly, and threw it hard, throwing the beeswax pearl earrings in my hand into a distant unknown dark corner.

Next to him is a row of lush green holly trees, verdant and luxuriant, just like the evening wave smoke, the cool breeze blows, under the cold autumn night, the leaf shadow is stacked into a deep wave of dark shadows, projected on one side of the rugged rockery, dark and unknown, gloomy and obscure.

As soon as I walked here, I was keenly aware of the slightest rustling sound in the rockery. Things were different, and I excused myself to find out what was going on.

Slowly moving closer to the rockery, his steps were as light as if floating among the clouds, and there was hardly any sound. Half of his head was exposed, and he peeked inside behind the rockery, but saw a man lying on the ground, his eyes closed, his clothes disheveled, obviously he had been knocked unconscious and then stripped of his clothes.

Turning around, a black shadow with a half-leaning body raised his hand to slash at me suddenly broke into sight, I was startled, this person obviously wanted to take advantage of my unpreparedness to knock me unconscious, when did he come behind me, I was conceited and deaf and clear-sighted, and I didn't notice it at all?

Hurriedly retreated, a powerful arm had pulled me back as quickly as electricity, and in an instant, the snow flashed, and a cold dagger was attached to my throat, as if an ice silk was strangling my throat, oppressing my heart violently, and if I was not careful, my throat would be strangled, and the blood would surge like a pillar, and I would ascend to the sky.

"Don't move, don't shout." A low, pressing threat.

He was wearing the clothes of an attendant, but it was not the shrill voice of an attendant, it seems that this person should have knocked a chamberlain unconscious, and then changed into the clothes of an attendant to hide people's eyes.

Forcing my heartbeat, I tried to lower my voice and whispered, "Don't worry, I have no ill intentions, otherwise I wouldn't have left the maid to come alone." ”

The strength in his throat loosened slightly, but it intensified in an instant, and only the man's obvious suspicious voice could be heard in the darkness, "Why should I believe in a woman I don't know?" ”

"Quick, search me carefully——, don't let go of all the hiding places. All the guards and chamberlains must verify their identities to prevent the assassins from being confused, and search—"

A sharp shout came along with the sound of staggered footsteps, and the loud thud of the thump gradually approached, like a knife blade, filled with a dangerous aura. Looking through the cracks in the trees, in the intertwining of light and shadow, a dense group of guards carrying lanterns and swords, wantonly searched among the flowers and trees, getting closer and closer to this side.

Feeling the strength of the person in front of me tighten, I stared firmly at the blurred face under the shadow, and said calmly and quickly: "I help you for a purpose, believe me." You let me go, and I'll go out and break them up, and keep you safe. ”

The man's gaze wandered over my face, froze, and his hand unconsciously let go. I took the opportunity to break away from him, and walked briskly out of the gap in the holly trees, and a dozen paces away, I straightened my dress, and slowly walked to the noisy corner, exposing myself to the guards.

The leader was Han Zigao, and I asked him, "General Han, what's the matter, such a big movement?" ”

Han Zigao was respectful and replied: "Yu Niangniang, the assassin took advantage of the palace to hold a family banquet, and the guards of the Shiqian Palace sneaked into the emperor's bedroom when they were negligent, intending to steal the secrets of my Chen State. Fortunately, he was found in time, which did not allow him to succeed, but unfortunately let the assassin escape. ”

I feigned surprise and stroked my chest with a look of fear, "There are assassins in the palace who have infiltrated the palace?" It's horrible. What this assassin looks like, it is good to say that the palace should be on guard. ”

"Assassins are cunning, pretending to be guards, and maybe even pretending to be chamberlains, so be careful."

"Ahh......h I saw a guard running by...... Reckless...... Neither is it a courtesy...... Quite sneaky, could it be...... He's an assassin? ”

Han Zigao seemed to have grasped some important clue, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Niangniang can see clearly, which direction is he running?" ”

I pointed in a direction, and Han Zigao led people to that side, and only after making sure that they were far away did I dare to run back to the rockery. The man was still there, but he asked me in surprise, "Mother?" You are Chen Qian's concubine, why do you want to help me? ”

"He robbed me." I gave him a convincing reason, but it was true, "I hate him, and I will do anything that is not good for him." If he wants to arrest you, I will help you. ”

"I believe in you." After a moment of silence, he suddenly said this, and his tone was much better than just now.

"It's inconvenient for you to walk alone in the palace, come with me."

I'll have to take him away before he returns, in case she bumps into her. The palace was divided into several groups of guards to search the palace on a large scale, and all the attendants who passed by were searched and inspected, and the inspection was very strict. I was afraid that he would be recognized, so I had to take him to Tangquan Palace, which is not far away, to avoid the search, and avoid this limelight.

Tangquan Palace is a bathing place, there is a group of royal soup pools, leading warm water into it, steaming all year round, white mist shrouded. The jade room is one of the rooms, which is dedicated to concubines, I took people to hide in the jade room, took away all the palace maids who served, and inserted the latch on the door, so that I could settle down a heart.

The carved jade jade pond is rippling with clear waves, the smoke is thick and the aroma is curling, the smoke makes the room warm like spring, the indescribable comfort and pleasantness, the pool is equipped with jade pillow incense couch, refreshments and fruits, you can also lie down and rest when you are hungry, eat something.

I sat on the couch, the room brightly lit, and I looked up to see the man's face. Qing Yi handsome, at a glance can not say the soul of the heart, eyebrows painted green mountains, eyes drained still water, graceful like a fairy, Xiao Xiao solemn, falling and sparse. Just stood so quietly, even if he was dressed in an ordinary black color inner uniform, he couldn't hide his bearing, and the jade ran out of the dust, and the jade tree was in front of the wind.

I was amazed in my heart, this person's peerless style is not even as high as Han Zigao, and Chen Qian and Chen Xuan are like a small end in front of him.

I was a little stunned, and the man was also looking at me in a daze, no, I should say that he was looking at my eyes. His gaze fell on my eyes for a long time, inexplicably and complicated, and he said softly: "Your eyes...... Much like a person...... It's beautiful. ”

I felt out of my temper, so I quickly collected my mind and looked away, but I heard the man's voice gently buckle, "You said that you were robbed by force, why don't you go out of the palace with me?" ”

"Out of ...... Out of the palace? Something seemed to explode in my heart, and my eyes opened wide in surprise, and my long eyelashes were shaking excitedly, "You mean...... Do you have a way to get out of the palace? "I was speechless with emotion.

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Zhou Wenpu's "Four Songs of Jiangnan Songs" in the Song Dynasty, "Not long after we met"