Chapter 30: The White Crane

On the star tower of the Chengxiang Palace, a white crane swept past the window, its wings still and lightly gliding between the palaces. Yuqing stopped and looked up, his eyes showing envy. As the crane flew away, she buried herself in her head and continued to do her business, gently dragging her right sleeve with her left hand, and holding a small spoon with her right hand into the container.

At this moment, the voice of a palace maid behind him said, "Dao Chief, His Royal Highness Jincheng has come down." ”

Yuqing paused and didn't say a word, and after a while, Princess Jincheng lifted the thick curtain and walked in. The thick curtain behind the door of the warm pavilion is to block the smoke outside, the three bronze mirrors in the star tower are not cultivated day and night to alchemy, and the smoke outside is very choking.

Jincheng is radiant, a white dress is spotless, light and elegant, like a fairy descending to earth, and her beautiful face is rare in the world. Yuqing looked at her thoughtfully, and glanced out the window again, but at this time, the air was empty, and the white crane didn't know where to go.

"Go down." Jin Cheng spoke, and the palace maid on the side hurriedly bowed her knees and retreated. Her voice was so pure and free of impurities, like a heavenly sound from the sky.

Jin Cheng didn't care when she saw Yuqing sitting there tinkering with the pill without asking, she was used to Yuqing's self-proclaimed innocence. Her gaze moved from Yuqing's body to the half-transparent golden silk curtain of her uncle, where Princess Taiping was still lying peacefully, as if she was taking a nap and like a corpse.

Princess Jincheng asked, "Has Your Highness taken the pill on time?" ”

Yuqing nodded, "I did as you said." ”

"You ......," Jin Cheng said slowly, "I was originally a Taoist who was unrestrained, but I took care of His Highness for so long, and I never asked for anything in return, and my conduct is admired by the world." ”

Yu said lightly: "It doesn't matter what the people of the world think of me, and I don't care. ”

Princess Jincheng nodded: "Dao Chief...... to His Highness"

"What do you want to say?" Yuqing immediately interrupted without waiting for her to finish, turned her delicate and thin face, and stared at Jin Cheng calmly.

Jin Cheng smiled lightly: "You don't have to be careful, I have no other intentions, it is normal for everyone to get along for a long time and have a reluctant feeling." But I would like to remind the Taoist chief that this matter is very important, and if you act without permission, it will be okay to harm yourself, and I am afraid it will not be of much benefit to Your Highness. ”

Yuqing was silent, and Jin Cheng continued: "King Jin is the favorite biological son of Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping, and their mother-son relationship is probably not comparable to other outsiders. Therefore, King Jin will not harm his mother, and now let you continue to use Dan to delay His Royal Highness's awakening, in fact, there is helplessness. The fierceness of the palace battle has been a matter of brothers fighting and killing father and son since ancient times, and Yuqing Dao Chang, as an outsider, cannot understand the difficulties in this...... Do you want Your Highness to recover from her illness and face danger, or do you want her to fall into the pain of losing a child? You may not be able to know who will win or lose, but I know very well, but no matter what the result is, it is not a good thing for His Highness, so please be cautious in Yuqing Dao. ”

"Does Her Royal Highness Princess Jincheng suspect that I will make an assertion without permission?" Yuqing said after listening patiently.

Princess Jincheng's shallow smile is still there, making people feel like a spring breeze: "Because the matter is important, I just take precautions, please don't mind Daoist Yuqing." You saved His Highness Taiping, and everyone will be grateful to you. ”

Xue Chongxun stayed at home all night, thinking about a lot of things, thinking that it should be okay to have Princess Jincheng in the Chengxiang Palace, and he still trusted Princess Jincheng very much, whether it was her heart or her talent. In addition to Jincheng and the Gao family, they will also stand on their side, and they think that they are very popular with women...... It's also an exchange of hearts, although he is not very good to women, but compared to those scholars who completely treat women as goods, Xue Chongxun still hopes that they can live well, and they can slowly feel it after seeing people's hearts over time.

He had a messy stomach, but he could only think about it alone, and he didn't dare to tell others, even the most confidant staff. If he told those staff members to come up with ideas, Xue Chongxun could figure out with his toes how they would build a housestay: house arrest or a killer! This is undoubtedly the best way to consider from the perspective of interests and scheming, because now Princess Taiping is too weak, what a good opportunity.

So Xue Chongxun didn't want to sue them, since there was still buffer time, he planned to think again.

He is often introspective, maybe he really doesn't fit into the power field, and he cares too much about things...... This is a deep-rooted value orientation that is simply difficult to change. The people of the emperor, especially the founding emperor, think that the most valuable thing in the world is the power of the king, right? Calling yourself alone isn't just talking. But in Xue Chongxun's heart, if all my relatives have left me, and I can't trust anyone, only Enwei means, then what is the purpose of life? For future generations to remember a name, a few Chinese characters and a story. Maybe they are all too lonely, for fear of being forgotten by the world.

Xue Chongxun actually has a lot of relatives here, including a mother, several younger brothers and sisters, and many blood relatives in the Xue family and the Li family. But the younger siblings didn't impress him deeply, and they all got married and started their own businesses, only Princess Taiping was his closest relative.

He didn't sleep all night, and Princess Taiping's love for him could clearly appear in his mind. Power is very good, wealth is good, everyone wants to live a better and more chic life, but do you want to become a slave of power and interests? But this matter is not Xue Chongxun's wishful thinking, it is a mutual act, maybe Princess Taiping will be a slave of power, so if Xue Chongxun is wishful thinking, he will not even be a slave.

Messy thoughts, making people wander in confusion.

Before he knew it, it was already dawning, Xue Chongxun was not used to sleeping during the day, and he couldn't sleep, so he had to endure his groggy mind to get up and dress.

When he just walked out of the room, he met the Sun family, and the Sun family was taken aback when he saw Xue Chongxun's appearance, and said in amazement: "Why is Xue Lang's face so bad?" She said as she reached out and touched Xue Chongxun's forehead.

"I'm not sick, so adults don't have to worry." As soon as Xue Chongxun said a word, he found that his throat was a little sandy. The living habits in the Tang Dynasty were very good, and there were almost no days when I stayed up late, so I couldn't stand it all of a sudden.

Xue Chongxun didn't know how ugly his face was, but he could probably guess something from Sun's gaze, Sun's eyes were full of pity and distress. She took the trouble to say, "You go into the house to rest, I'll call Yuwen Ji to show you." ”

"I'm not sick! It's so noisy?! Two words with a bad attitude blurted out. This is completely inconsistent with Xue Chongxun's usual style, and he is a little uncomfortable after speaking...... I can obviously feel Sun's concern, why do I have to vent on her head and hurt her?

Xue Chongxun quickly realized his own badness, and said with a sigh of relief: "Adults are busy with their own business, don't worry about me, I want to be quiet for a while." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked into a study next to the living room, and Yao Wan, who was on duty in the inner courtyard, also followed, and heard Xue Chongxun's command to "grind ink", so she hurriedly picked up the inkstone and came out to fetch water.

After a while, another maid brought breakfast in, and Yao Wan ran in and out of the study and waited. Sun came to the eaves again, but he didn't dare to go in, so he had to catch Yao Wan and ask, "How much did Xue Lang eat for breakfast?" ”

Yao Wan said innocently: "He put the dim sum in the inkstone and dipped it in ink to eat, and his mouth was full of black ink, so I didn't rush in to fetch water to wash him." ”

Sun Shi was stunned and said, "How did you think of such a strange way of eating?" ”

Yao Wan said: "I was distracted by thinking about something else, and I woke up early in the morning and lost my soul." I was still complaining just now, maybe I encountered something difficult in the court. ”

Sun thought so, so he advised: "Then you listen to him more, it will be better to be able to say it." ”

"Well......" Yao Wan nodded in response, and suddenly remembered what Li Yan'er said that night, "adultery", her heart immediately seemed to knock down the five-flavor bottle, and the Sun family really cared about Xue Chongxun, if it was a legitimate couple, it would definitely be an enviable family, but they were in chaos...... Lun!

Yao Wan didn't say much, he used a copper basin to make some hot water, added cold water, and tried to bring it in when the temperature was almost there, and he had been in Xue Mansion for several months, and he was usually very skilled in these things that waited for people. People are forced out, and I couldn't imagine that I would do so much work at home before.

Xue Chongxun was sitting there with a thread-like book in his hand, and he didn't know if he had seen it when he flipped through it occasionally. Yao Wan walked over quietly, took a towel to wipe his mouth, and silently cleaned up his own blackened chin. While she was working, she glanced at the cover of the book, the Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period.

He looked much calmer than before, and after a while, he said, "Tell Xue Liu that I will go out for a few days, and ask him to inform the Flying Tiger Regiment to prepare cavalry to accompany him." ”

"A few days? Is Lang Jun going far away? Yao Wan asked, and when the time came, Sun would have replied no.

Xue Chongxun said: "If you go to Tongchuan, you can't come back within a day, so you probably have to rest outside for two nights." ”

"Yes, I'll go and pass on Lang Jun's words." Yao Wan glanced at the clothes on Xue Chongxun's body, "Do you want to change your official robe?" ”

Yao Wan came back and saw the Sun family again, and told the Sun family the news of Xue Chongxun's departure, and explained to her: "Lang Jun will deal with some letters at home on weekdays, and I waited on the side and inadvertently knew a lot of things, Tongchuan seems to be the station of the Shence Army, and he should go there for military affairs." ”

After hearing this, Sun said: "Call Sanniang over in a while, and let her take care of Xue Lang's food and clothing on the way." ”G