Chapter 56: Confrontation
Fortunately, the palace is not particularly far from here. After walking for half an hour, Jiang Wan finally walked outside the door of the palace.
"It's finally here, but fortunately I don't have a bad memory."
Jiang Wan walked over and was stopped by the guards guarding the door. Jiang Wan pointed to his face rather domineeringly, "I, Xin Chang is here, Jiang Wan." ”
After hearing Jiang Wan's self-reported identity, the guards guarding the door glanced at each other and immediately opened the side door, "Go in." ”
Jiang Wan was a little confused by the guard's reaction, it stands to reason that she shouldn't be tied up and escorted to Lu Zhixing?
"Just let me in?"
"What nonsense, hurry up and get in, don't delay a few of our buddies guarding the door."
Jiang Wan was pushed into the palace with a black line on her face, which was different from what she expected. It was as if Lu Zhixing knew that he would come back and greeted them in advance.
"No matter, I have to go find Yahan first."
Jiang Wan pretended to be calm all the way to Xia Yahan's courtyard, she couldn't attract the attention of other palace people, she had to ensure Xia Yahan's safety first.
After Jiang Wan arrived at Xia Yahan's courtyard, he saw that only Mo'er's room was lit up. She knocked on the door, and in a moment the door opened.
"Xin Chang is here, you're back?!"
Mo'er was very surprised when she saw Jiang Wan, and covered her mouth a little incredulously. Jiang Wan nodded and asked her about Xia Yahan's situation.
Mo'er told Jiang Wan that Xia Yahan was indeed arrested and put in prison.
Jiang Wan frowned after hearing this, she was going to find Lu Zhixing, and her escape had nothing to do with Xia Yahan.
"I'll go find Your Majesty, and Yahan will be safe."
After saying that, Jiang Wan turned around and left Xia Yahan's courtyard quickly, and Mo'er watched Jiang Wan go away by the door.
"Your Majesty's plan has succeeded."
Lu Zhixing naturally knew the news of Jiang Wan's return to the palace as soon as possible, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief when he learned that she had returned safely. It is estimated that it won't be long before Jiang Wan will come to confront him.
Sure enough, I heard Jiang Wan's voice sounding outside the door of the imperial study.
"I want to see Your Majesty in person, and I hope that the chief administrator will report on my behalf."
"Let her in."
Lu Zhixing's voice was still indifferent, without a trace of emotion. The chief manager took a step to the side when he heard this, "Xin Chang is here, please." ”
Jiang Wan pushed open the door, she didn't even think about why it was already the middle of the night, and Lu Zhixing was still staying in the imperial study.
Lu Zhixing was sitting behind the bookcase, with a stack of folds in his hand, Lu Zhixing was holding a pen in his hand, and he was reviewing something.
Lu Zhixing looked at Jiang Wan, "Xin Chang is very good, and he can go out of the palace without knowing it, so that I can find it." ”
Jiang Wan had no intention of arguing with him, and looked up at Lu Zhixing with a serious face, "Your Majesty, the slave maid has nothing to do with Juchang when she leaves the palace, you can't execute her indiscriminately!" ”
Lu Zhixing put down the pen in his hand and looked at Jiang Wan with indifference in his eyes, "Xin Changzai, what is your attitude towards talking to me?" ”
"You fled without permission, and I haven't cured you of your sins, but you're here to provoke me."
Although Jiang Wan had no confidence in her heart after hearing this, she had to save Xia Yahan from the prison first. She still looked at Lu Zhixing stubbornly, the hands in her sleeves had been clenched into fists, and she secretly cheered herself up.
"The slave is willing to be punished, but I hope that Your Majesty can remain innocent."
Lu Zhixing didn't want to embarrass Xia Yahan, so he generously agreed. However, he was still curious about how Jiang Wan left the palace.
"I will immediately release Ju Chang from the prison, and as for you, I will dispose of you after I think about it."
Lu Zhixing supported it with his hand and tilted his head to look at Jiang Wan, he actually had a faint smile on his face at this time. Jiang Wan was a little hairy by him, was Lu Zhixing angry with himself?
Lu Zhixing looked like a demon by nature, but he was just an indifferent iceberg-type man, so he suppressed it, but at this time, he laughed more and more like a goblin.
"Xin Changzai has to remember your words today, step down."
After Jiang Wan left, Lu Zhixing sat up straight and returned to his usual indifferent appearance. He was also curious about when he began to have emotions and performances that he couldn't control because of Jiang Wan.
If it was the palace where someone else fled without permission, if it was a palace maid or someone with no identity background, he might not bother with it. And if anyone is caught, it will definitely be severely punished.
Only Jiang Wan has become his exception again and again. Lu Zhixing pinched his eyebrows, "What's wrong with me?" ”
He admits that he has feelings for Jiang Wan, after all, he has been a husband and wife for so many years, but if it is the love that ordinary people say, it is something he has never had, and he does not believe that he will have it.
Chang Ge silently muttered in his heart, when will Your Majesty be able to open his mind?
"Lu Zhixing didn't get angry, it's amazing, it's really hard to understand what this person is thinking."
Jiang Wan didn't know how chaotic Lu Zhixing's inner activities were, she only felt that the farther away from this man the better. Jiang Wan followed behind the guards and went to the prison.
Xia Yahan didn't have anything to do in the prison, not even her hair was messy. She's here to make a show. However, Jiang Wan came back so quickly, which made her a little surprised.
Xia Yahan was both happy and entangled when she saw Jiang Wan, she was happy that Jiang Wan was not hurt, but what she was entangled with was Lu Zhixing's awkward affection for Jiang Wan.
"Jiang Wan, you're finally back."
"Yahan, it's me who has caused you."
Jiang Wan hurried to see if Xia Yahan had been tortured when she entered the prison, but Xia Yahan, who was unharmed and ruddy-faced, made her frown.
"Yahan you?"
Xia Yahan naturally knew that Jiang Wan had seen the clue, so she simply told everything out. And Jiang Wan didn't blame Xia Yahan after knowing the truth.
"I know you're doing it for my good, and since it's Your Majesty's will, how can you disobey."
Jiang Wan thought in his heart that he really let himself guess correctly, this was the game that Lu Zhixing set for himself. Jiang Wan's impression of Lu Zhixing was even worse, she wanted to be free but was destroyed by Lu Zhixing again and again.
"Jiang Wan, does Your Majesty have a crime against you?"
"Not now, I won't know later."
Jiang Wan remembered that she confronted Lu Zhixing just now, with Lu Zhixing's personality, she would definitely not let her have a good time, and maybe she would come up with some ideas to rectify her.
Xia Yahan listened to Jiang Wan's words, her eyes darkened a little, and sure enough, Lu Zhixing was reluctant to punish Jiang Wan. Xia Yahan looked at Jiang Wan, and the entanglement in her heart was even worse, "Why is it you, Jiang Wan." ”
Why is the person in Lu Zhixing's heart Jiang Wan, on the one hand, the sister he made friends with in the palace, and on the other hand, the man he has loved for many years but can't, Xia Yahan's thoughts were repeatedly pulled.
"Let's not talk about that, let's go out first, this is not a place to chat."
After Jiang Wan sent Xia Yahan back to the courtyard, he saw that the sky was already slightly white, and he should go back to Yunxuan if he hadn't slept all night.
Jiang Wan, who returned to Luoyunxuan, saw that the window in Ping'er's room was not closed, and the light was still on. She walked over and found her lying asleep on the table.
Jiang Wan pushed open the door and walked in, took a thin quilt and put it on Ping'er's shoulder. Such a small action woke up Hi'er.
"Master, it's really you back!"
Ping'er stood up and hugged Jiang Wan, and said with a crying voice, "Master, you are just leaving, Ping'er is so worried about you, Your Majesty asked people to search the palace and didn't find you, and they are all about to die." ”
Jiang Wan hugged her back and gently patted her on the back. This time it's her fault, she shouldn't say goodbye without saying goodbye, where can the childlike heart of Hire'er stand it. She must have thought she had abandoned her.
But Lu Zhixing was so worried about himself, Jiang Wan began to change quietly somewhere in his heart.
"Aren't I coming back?"
There were tears on her face, since Jiang Wan disappeared and Lu Zhixing couldn't be found, she couldn't sleep well every day. Looking at the gate of the courtyard every day, I feel that Jiang Wan will definitely come back one day.
"Master, since Your Majesty can't find you, you have to come to your room every day to sit, except for letting Ping'er clean up the dust, nothing is allowed to move, Your Majesty can care about you."
Hiren'er's words touched Jiang Wan, what kind of feelings Lu Zhixing had for her. After Jiang Wan comforted Hio'er, he returned to his room.
After lighting the lamp, I found that it was exactly what Hi'er said, as if I had never left. She seemed to see Lu Zhixing sitting alone at her table and lonely, and there were unknown feelings circulating in her heart.
This feeling is strange to her, maybe she also cares a little about Lu Zhixing? Jiang Wan shook his head, dispelling this terrible thought.
"I'm definitely overthinking it."
The next day, Xia Yahan came to Jiang Wan and wanted to ask her how she spent the past few days and how she left the palace.
"Yahan, I met a carriage out of the palace that day, so I hid, and then I was taken out of the palace like this."
Jiang Wan didn't want to talk too much to Xia Yahan, and he couldn't say anything about Ye Gongzi. Xia Yahan saw that Jiang Wan was reluctant to reveal, so she didn't ask any more.
"Jiang Wan, why do you want to leave the palace?"
"I once told you that I don't like the palace, what I want has always been freedom, I am dedicated to the mountains and rivers, and I want to walk the rivers and lakes."
Jiang Wan looked at Xia Yahan helplessly, with some self-deprecation in her words, "But it seems that God is like this, God doesn't want me to leave this deep palace." ”
Xia Yahan hung her head and was silent, her hand unconsciously tugging at the handkerchief.
"Why haven't you left the capital for so many days, how good it would be if you left the capital, your heart is in the landscape, and my heart is in Your Majesty, if you leave, we won't be like this."
Jiang Wan saw that Xia Yahan was distracted, and asked softly, "Yahan, where are you uncomfortable?" ”
"Ahh Xia Yahan came back to her senses, she noticed that the handkerchief in her hand was torn, and hurriedly put it into her sleeve. "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly feel that I am hurting you by helping Your Majesty."
Jiang Wan smiled indifferently, "I don't blame you, I know your hardship." ”
"If I had understood you earlier, I would rather go against His Majesty's will than set you free."
Xia Yahan's eyes didn't dare to look at Jiang Wan when she said this, she was weak-hearted, and she said this with her own selfishness.