Chapter 19: If Life Is Only as First Seen (Part II)
Gao Cheng wiped away the tears on Yang Shunhua's face, and looked at her quiet and beautiful appearance in the moonlight, which was completely different from the cold and ruthless when she first met. The breathing became heavier, the heartbeat became faster, and his hand couldn't help but caress Yang Shunhua's cheek and was reluctant to leave. His arm slid behind her and grabbed her back.
Yang Shunhua unexpectedly felt the warmth on her lips. Gao Cheng had already wrapped her in his arms. Yang Shunhua stretched out his hand to refuse, against Gao Cheng's chest, but he was powerless.
"No...... Don't ......," Yang Shunhua seemed to say to himself as he broke free.
"Why?" Gao Cheng refused to let go of her. In his heart, he compared her with Yuan Mingyue and Zheng Dache.
Yuan Mingyue was infatuated, but the woman who was extremely weak had real courage, which made him feel pitiful and pitiful. Zheng Dache is extremely beautiful, profligate, and only wants to be entertained by himself, which also makes him infinitely satisfied. Yang Shunhua is different from them, she can be cruel to him or she can be stupid with him, but she doesn't let these emotions vent freely, she is extremely controlling, but why should she suppress herself so much?
Yang Shunhua understood it very well in her heart. She can't ask for it, there are too many reasons why she can't afford it, and there are too many intermediaries between them. Whether it is a family or a country, whether it is an enemy or a friend, in her opinion, there are many obstacles between them that cannot be overcome. So much so that she had to give up this thought.
"I only serve the princess in this life, and I don't think about it." Yang Shunhua gently broke free from Gao Cheng's arms and turned his face to the side, but it was difficult to hide the infinite sadness in his eyes.
Gao Cheng let go of her and listened to her very quietly. He didn't take it seriously, and suddenly smiled teasingly, "The princess is already my wife, and your servant to her is to serve me." He took another step, almost touching the body of Yang Shunhua, who had just dodged, and whispered half-truthfully, "Even you are my person......" He looked down at Yang Shunhua, Yang Shunhua's heart fluctuated, but he only half-lowered his head and turned sideways.
"Sister......
Yang Shunhua suddenly heard the princess's childish voice behind her, and hurriedly turned around to take a look.
Xiao Qiongju was coming out of the pagoda, just opened the door, stood at the door, glanced over, she didn't see anyone outside in the dark. Yang Shunhua thought that it must be because she had been out for a long time, and the princess was worried, so she didn't sleep, so she came out to look for her.
Yang Shunhua's mood fluctuated at this time, and she really couldn't calm down, and she had no way to face the princess. What she couldn't face even more was to see Gao Cheng and Xiao Qiongju together as a bystander. So she whispered, "I shouldn't see the princess at this time, you ......" She suddenly looked at Gao Cheng as if she had lost everything, and her eyes were full of cold light, "You must not fail her." Then he disappeared.
Gao Cheng saw that she was as cold and ruthless as when she first saw her, and only then did she understand what she was thinking in her heart, but she was not surprised, but it was inconvenient to explain, so she just let her go.
Xiao Qiongju saw that it was just right outside at night, and she didn't feel sleepy for a while, and she didn't find Yang Shunhua, and she didn't want to go back alone, so she walked to the bottom of the pagoda.
Because Hou Jingjing stood in the bushes without moving, Chen Yuankang was also relieved, but he went to a sheep Shunhua and Xiao Qiongju, Chen Yuankang couldn't help but sigh, "Alas...... That's how the son of the world lives......"
Cui Jishu said with a smile, "There is no one who doesn't love the fairy-like character of the world." ”
"Why are you here?" Xiao Qiongju suddenly glanced at Gao Cheng under the pagoda, and immediately stopped and questioned, looking lonely and arrogant. Thinking about Gao Cheng's rudeness in Duting Yi that day, her face was full of anger.
"Naturally, I'm looking for you." Gao Cheng also stiffened his face, not smiling, and looked at her on the spot.
"What are you looking for me to do?" Xiao Qiongju was puzzled.
"What do you say? I am your husband, you are my wife, and why do you have to ask? Gao Cheng's tone was unquestionable, as if this was an established fact. He took out her husband's money, looking dignified, frowning and looking at Xiao Qiongju, as if she had done something that a wife should not do.
"I ...... I just came out to take a look, my sister hasn't come back for a long time......" Xiao Qiongju lowered her head and made a nepotism, not daring to look at Gao Cheng, it seemed that she was really at fault. After all, she is young and ignorant of the world.
"What are you doing in this Tongtai Temple?" Gao Cheng asked again.
"Tomorrow, the Bodhidharma monks will come to Tongtai Temple to preach the scriptures, and I am chanting here today and waiting." Xiao Qiongju obediently answered Gao Cheng's question.
Presumably the second day is a big ****, which is also a big event for the Southern Dynasty. If the Dharma is good, the Dharma will follow. The advent of the Bodhidharma monk is not only a state affair, but also more important than ordinary state affairs. It's a big deal. Gao Cheng thought about it while planning in his heart.
"Interesting." Hou Jing in the shadows also heard and saw all this.
Only Chen Yuankang and Cui Jishu looked at Shizi Gao Cheng half-impatiently. "The prince married a bride again, and a new young lady was added to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she was still a princess of the Southern Dynasty." Cui Jishu laughed under his breath.
"The son of the world has his own ideas, why do you want to talk to yourself here?" Chen Yuankang, who speaks little, is not as serious as Cui Jishu.
"Since I am a husband and you are a wife, you should respect me," Gao Cheng paced and thought about his own important affairs, and at the same time instructed Xiao Qiongju, "It's late at night, you go to rest, I will naturally look for you again if there is something." Anyway, Xiao Qiongju went to take care of himself.
Only then did Chen Yuankang and Cui Jishu breathe a sigh of relief.
Xiao Qiongju looked at Gao Cheng's back and disappeared before returning to the pagoda.
Hou Jing was still meditating on the tree.
After passing through several courtyards, I saw Xiao Yan still meditating in the brightly lit thatched hall from a distance. He sat cross-legged on the futon with his eyes closed, as if he had no interest or knowledge of what was going on outside the temple.
Yu Wentai hid behind the pillars outside the hall and looked at Xiao Yan in the hall. He had never met Xiao Yan before, and he had heard that this person was a good Buddha, and now the territory of Liang Kingdom is already a Buddha world. I also heard that Emperor Liang sacrificed himself to enter the temple several times, and if it wasn't for the courtiers to redeem him, he would have really become a monk.
But at this moment, Yuwentai stood here and was keenly aware that there was a trace of murder hidden deeply. Even if he was snooping in the dark, he felt that Xiao Yan in meditation was so unreal.
"It's a rare opportunity, since you're here, why don't you go in and see each other?" I don't know when, Hou Jing has already sneaked in.
"It seems that the prince of Puyang County is more anxious to meet the Emperor of Liang, right?" Yu Wentai still looked at Xiao Yan and did not look back at Hou Jing.
"The honorable driver is the arrival of a distinguished guest, why can't you stop?" Just as Hou Jing and Yu Wentai were whispering, they heard a calm and cold voice from inside.
The two looked inside, Xiao Yan had already opened his eyes, but he was still sitting on the futon.
Yu Wentai and Hou Jing are both people with their own ideas, and the two of them pondered for a moment at the same time, neither of them looked at each other, and then made a decision at the same time, and walked towards the hall together.
Entering the hall, Yuwentai is in front and Hou Jing is behind. First of all, Hou Jing made a gift of Jin Jian, and Yuwentai only made a slight courtesy. Xiao Yan looked at the two of them and sighed, "Liang Guohai has been leveled, and I have also been to the Buddha for many years, but I don't know why the Northern Dynasty and the Great Wei have been frequently disturbing each other recently?" ”
Listening to his tone, he seems to be very content with the current situation in Nanliang, worry-free about the rules of defending the land, so he is content with the world of Buddhism. Yu Wentai was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't see anything suspicious. Then he said: "Your Majesty is obsessed with Buddhism and quiet, and Liang Guo is at peace with himself, how do you know that my Great Wei also thinks the same?" If the Great Wei invades the south, how should Your Majesty deal with himself? With that, a pair of eyes stared at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan seemed to be sitting quietly, but the eyebrows on his face jumped imperceptibly, and the murderous intent in his eyes suddenly appeared, but he returned to calm in an instant, and said lightly, "The affairs of the world, everything is empty, not to mention the fruitless if." The general is talking about military affairs, I'm afraid it's just talking, right? ”
If you don't have the heart to go north, where does the fear of the north and the south invade come from? Yu Wentai heard him vaguely and said something, and he knew it in his heart. But when I heard him seem to be mocking in the end, laughing at him that he could only talk and did not have the power to make such a big change in command, he felt angry in his heart. However, the anger subsided instantly, and he just smiled and didn't answer.
Hou Jing said with a smile, "It's also a good thing to travel from the south to the north, and Your Majesty doesn't have to care too much about General Yuwen's words." It is even more good that Your Majesty is content with the Buddha's path, and I would like to have the opportunity to ask for advice. General Yuwen really had no other intention when he came to the south, but he just wanted to marry a lady of the Southern Dynasty as a bride. Hou Jing said as he looked around the hall, and said with a smile, "The women of the Southern Dynasty are gentle and gentle, I heard that Wang, Xie and other big families are even more familiar with poetry and etiquette, I don't know if we can ask for marriage?" He laughed.
Hou Jing's laughter seemed too presumptuous in the thatched hall, and it seemed cold because no one responded. Hou Jing stopped laughing and frowned unconsciously.
Yuwentai has nothing to do with himself, and he has a smiling attitude of watching from the sidelines.
Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang waited for Hou Jing to smile before he said expressionlessly, "Wang, Xie Da clan, you can't climb high." ”
Hou Jing seemed to be choked there all of a sudden, and his face suddenly turned sauce-colored, extremely angry and embarrassed, but it was inconvenient to attack.
At this time, only Yuwen Taiya is revealed.
However, after a while, Hou Jing returned to normal, and seemed to have forgotten about it, and only smiled, "Your Majesty will **** tomorrow, I'm just joking." I've been here for a long time, and I'll naturally meet in the future. He ended up spitting out a lot of words.
Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang didn't say anything more, and closed his eyes and meditated again. Tomorrow's **** is a very important thing, and you must not lose it.