On the carriage home, Ye Jin held the handkerchief tightly, the crystal cake wrapped in it was like an ice pick in her heart, and her heart was desolate.

Ye Jin fed the medicine into Qi Han's nostrils again in a trance, Yuqiu couldn't stand it anymore, and took on the important task of taking care of Qi Han, originally she couldn't hide Qi Han's thoughts, but now that he is injured, he takes care of everything in detail, and even takes care of things like the convenience of wiping his body one by one, so that Qi Han, who has never been served, is flattered and at a loss, When Yuqiu saw that his eyes were becoming more and more focused and affectionate, Qi Han decided to get out of bed and support himself, but he had just moved his legs in the quiltBefore the action of lifting the quilt was completed, Yuqiu was keenly aware of it, and nervously pressed his hand that was about to move.

"Don't move! You're not completely healed! The doctor explained, you can't get out of bed for ten days and half a month, I'll get you whatever you want. ”

Qi Han shook his head, insisted on lifting the quilt and flattered Yuqiu: "Yuqiu girl, I don't want anything, I just want to come down and walk, and I can do activities, I've been lying here for seven or eight days, and I'm almost the same, it's not bad for three or five days, you just let me go out for a walk, or just walk around the yard!"

Yuqiu shook his head unmoved: "Anyway, it's been lying down for seven or eight days, and it's not bad for these three or five days, so Master Qi can bear with it for the time being."

"No, isn't your Jintailou doing business bad these days? You stay with us every day, and the shopkeeper is happy? ”

Yuqiu's face darkened, and she bit her lip sadly: "Is Gongzi Qi thinking I'm in the way?" ”

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that......"

Yuqiu's eyes were red, and tears came as soon as she said it, and she got up and left while wiping her tears.

"Since Childe thinks I'm in the way, I'll just go......"

Seeing that she was crying, Qi Han grabbed her hand without thinking about it.

"Don't cry, don't cry, okay? I really didn't mean that, you've been taking care of me so hard these days, I know it, how can I think you're in the way, I said the wrong thing, don't be angry......"

Yuqiu blushed, withdrew her hand shyly, lowered her head and said aggrievedly, "Then can you promise me to lie down well?" ”

"Promise...... Promise...... Just don't cry......"

Qi Han nodded pitifully, silently looking at the bright sunshine outside the door, and the fragrance of flowers outside the court was scattered in the wind.

Ye Jin smiled, the heaviness that had shrouded his heart for days finally dissipated a little, and Ming Zisu walked in at this time, his slender figure embedded in the sunlight, and the white brocade seemed to be inlaid with a layer of hazy light, bringing the fragrance of flowers into Ye Jin's nose.

Ye Jin smiled, lowered his head, and his faint voice fell above his head: "Follow me."

didn't have time to react, her body was light, she was buckled by Ming Zisu in the crook of her arm and turned out of the door, the breeze in the yard was drunk, the sideburns of the two were flying, intertwined in the air, the clothes were dancing, and the corners of the skirts were knotted.

Ming Zisu took Ye Jin to her room, entered the door but did not let go, carried her to the bronze mirror and sat down, picked up the wooden comb on the table, picked up the snow-white hair on her cheeks, and smoothed it down, the soft luster slowly undulated, and the silver threads were rolled up by his flexible hands, wrapped around the white fingertips and wrists, just like in the boudoir every morning in the past, he always tied his hair behind him, from clumsy to skilled, Ye Jin was a little sad.

"When I met you by the river that year, I thought it was just saving a person and doing a good deed, but I didn't want to mistake myself for life."

"I worked hard to carry you home, but you didn't appreciate me at all, you didn't even let me take a pulse, you changed into a black dress and threw it into the basin, all the blood that came out, and the body was so hot that it seemed to burn and refused to say, you said that you are such a person who doesn't know what to do, but I don't want you to die, and even feel that if I can't save you, I owe you, and I won't be at ease in this life, but why, I don't owe you, I don't even know you."

"I always feel that you are not like a living person, I try my best to make you laugh, even if it makes you angry, it is good, laughing and scolding, this is a living person! But you say that you are a damned person, fool, how can there be a damned person in this world, as long as you are not dead, then it means that you do not deserve to die. In fact, among all the people in this world, which one is not born to die? Let him be a beggar and a lackey, let him be a prince and nobleman, and the final result is not all a pile of loess and a handful of dry bones. ”

"Since we can't change our ending, it's time to choose the way we live."

She always remembered that scene, the thin paper-thin teenager struggled to get up, shook off her hand, stubbornly walked alone with difficulty, his back was depressed, and he was exhausted to stop and breathe, he raised his head and looked at the sky, the loneliness in his eyes was deep and long, as if he had been alone in the world for a long, long time. Ye Jin looked at his back as if he was about to fall down in the next second, her heart hurt very much, she quickly caught up, firmly grabbed his arm around her shoulder, and helped him walk forward step by step.

Just like this, she is also willing.

"I asked you to repay the favor with your body, and you said, only kindness, but ruthlessness, ruthlessness, and only longevity. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I do. I'm just an ordinary little girl in a small mountain village, disobedient and not well-behaved, and a little rebellious, if I hadn't met you, maybe I would have married a puppet for a lifetime, I didn't belong here, but now I really appear here, maybe I'm just here for you, pouring my life, just to pass by in your life, so whether you are Ying Shangrong or Ming Zisu, whether you are the master of the Shadow Gate or the master of the East Palace, no matter what you want to do, I will help you, desperate to help you. ”

Ye Jin babbled like a dream and finished a long sentence, Ming Zisu's hand stopped at the back of her snow-white neck, the thin velvet hair shimmered in the sunlight, for a long time, he hugged her and turned around to face him, picked up her cold fingertips and put them into his arms, thought about it and felt that it was not enough, buckled her waist, embed her in his arms, and rubbed his forehead: "You found your sister?" ”

Ye Jin nestled in his arms, listening to him mention Ye Xiang, his heart was sweet and sour, his chest seemed to be filled with thick honey, and mixed with some unripe lime, after being sweet, it was so sour that people wanted to shed tears, she finally knew what the grievances in her heart that were stuffy like cotton and couldn't be dissolved for, she asked him aggrievedly: "I've been looking for her for so long, and now I finally found her, but she wants to hurt me, why?" ”

"Ye Jin, your heart is very clean, what is dirty is this world, your nature is kind, teach you to be kind to others, but you can't expect everyone to be like this, although you are sisters, there are too many things that can be changed after ten years of separation."

"I only treat people with my heart, I really don't like these twists and turns, not to mention I think, everyone has a problem, she naturally has it, the recent piles and pieces that have come to me, none of them can be separated from Yunfu, Miss Yunfu doesn't like me like that, and it is not impossible to coerce my closest sister to harm me."

"You are willing to speculate like this, I won't stop you, it's just that there is far more evil in this world than you see, Ye Jin, I want you to leave Qingyang City, you stay here, there is a lot of danger, I can't protect you at all times, in fact, I've been late a few times, I don't want to be scared anymore, and I don't want you to continue to be in danger."

Ye Jin lowered her voice: "That Miss Yun can't tolerate me, I think it's because of my relationship with you, when you get married, she enters the East Palace, I just beg her to let Xiang'er go home, and if I leave with my family, I will no longer be a threat to her, and that's it." ”

Ming Zisu's hand suddenly tightened, withdrew his body, and distanced the two of them, with a thin anger in his voice: "I married someone else, is it such an understatement from your mouth?" Is it so insignificant for me to remain in your heart? I'd rather hurt myself, I'd rather leave me than be the crown princess, now that my marriage contract with Yunfu is imminent, you can't wait to arrange the rest of your life, are you so calm to accept that you don't have me for the rest of your life? ”

Ye Jin bit her lip and raised her head: "I'm just ......"

The unfinished words paused for a moment, the eyes were already empty, the white corners of the clothes disappeared outside the door, Ming Zisu left, Ye Jin looked at the door attentively, a faint sense of loss and melancholy slowly came up, and she said softly: "I just don't want you to be on bad terms with Miss Yun, and I don't want your plan to add variables." ”

Ye Jin asked Ye Xiang to get together in the Yangyun Pavilion private room in Qingyang City, and waited in the room early, she didn't want to be so suspicious and test her sister, but she didn't want to live in the fog and let others plot, her heart was very conflicted and complicated, and she didn't have the excitement and excitement of waiting for her to come back for dinner at home that day.

Ye Xiang came as promised, wearing a yellow and green dress, long hair graceful, simply inserting a silver hairpin, slightly powdered on her face, feeling Ye Jin's gaze, she smiled gracefully: "Why does my sister look at me like this, it makes me a little uncomfortable." ”

Ye Jin affectionately took her hand and sat down at the table: "Looking at you, my sister feels happy, I haven't seen you for so many years, and I don't know if your taste has changed, I ordered a few dishes casually, you can add a few more things yourself." ”

As she spoke, she called Xiao Er to report the name of the dish, but before Xiao Er could speak, Ye Xiang said: "No need, my sister just ordered, as long as you order, I love to eat." ”

Ye Jin smiled and nodded, and said to Xiao Er: "Then bother Xiao Er to add a few more dishes." ”

Xiao Er was instructed to go down, Ye Jin poured a cup of tea, the fragrance of tea lingered, the white mist was fragrant, she handed the tea to Ye Xiang: "This tea Xiao Er said it was excellent, I have also drunk it, if you taste it, is it really good, don't fool me." ”

Ye Xiang took it, waved his hand and fanned the fragrance of tea to the end of his nose and sniffed lightly: "This is a good cloud and mist, and it can be regarded as a good tea, sister, drink it with confidence, Yangyun Pavilion is one of the best restaurants in our Qingyang City, and you can't go wrong with things here." ”

"It seems that you have gained a lot of knowledge when you are on an errand in Yunfu." Ye Jin nodded, poured herself a cup, and by accident, the hot tea overflowed, and she hissed lightly, covering her fingertips that were burned red.

"Is my sister okay?"

Ye Xiang nervously took out the embroidered handkerchief to help Ye Jin wipe off the water stains on her hands, and gently helped her blow cool air, Ye Jin took her embroidered handkerchief from her hand, took it in her hand and looked at it carefully: "It seems that your master treats you well, and such a good embroidered handkerchief is willing to reward you." ”

Ye Xiang was stunned for a moment, withdrew the embroidered handkerchief and stuffed it back into his waist, and smiled: "The wealth of Yunfu is far from what we can imagine, such a thing is a rare object in our eyes, and in their eyes, it is just a rag." ”

Ye Jin smiled and nodded in agreement: "Makes sense." ”

The dish had already come up while talking, and she sandwiched a piece of duck paw to Ye Xiang: "I still remember that you loved to eat this when you were a child, try it and see if it suits your taste." ”

Ye Xiang frowned without a trace, took the plate, and also put a little dish into Ye Jin's bowl: "Sister, you can eat it yourself, and you are so polite when you eat, it seems that we are so unfamiliar." ”

Ye Jin smiled dotingly, pinching Ye Xiang's face like when he was a child: "Yes, yes, I forgot that you have grown up and don't need me to take care of you everywhere, eat quickly." ”

The meal was eaten quickly, Ye Xiang only picked a few things and moved the chopsticks, and only tasted a few bites of each, then put down the bowl and chopsticks to weigh his fill, and the duck paw lay quietly in the plate from beginning to end.

Xiao Er sent a dessert, wrapped in a layer of delicate crystal on the outside, and a pale pink flower-shaped sweet cake with buds waiting to be put inside, like flower bones with ice crystals, very good-looking, Ye Jin asked curiously: "What is this?" ”

"This is a delicate crisp, the entrance is refreshing, the flower core inside is sweet and soft, and it is the most refreshing to use after meals, two girls, please use it slowly."

Ye Jin picked up a piece and smelled it: "It's really a good thing, I feel sweet when I smell it, but I use Ning Dai flower juice to sweeten it?" ”

Although he was asking Xiao Er, his eyes were looking straight at Ye Xiang, watching her expression freeze instantly, the suspicion in his heart was confirmed, Ye Jin leaned back in the chair, and his heart was cold.

Xiao Er: "I don't know about this little one, why don't I ask for you?" ”

"No need, you go down, close the door for me, and don't let anyone come up and disturb you."

Ye Jin closed her eyes, stood up slowly, the delicate crisp in her hand rolled to the ground, rolled under the table and disappeared, she dusted her hands gently, wanting to dust off the lingering fragrance from her fingertips.

"Sister......" Ye Xiang also got up.

"Sister? In your heart, but do you really think I'm your sister? ”

"I ......"

"Qi Han grew up with us since he was a child, he treats you as his own sister, he has been running around for so many years to find you, but now he is almost killed by you, your box of crystal cakes was originally meant to be given to me, Ye Xiang, I have also seen a lot of sinister hearts over the years, but I never expected that this time it was my own sister who wanted my life!"

Ye Jin's words were heavy, but every word was smashed on his heart, Ye Xiang's face turned pale, but he was still holding on: "Sister, I don't know what you're talking about......"

"Your handkerchief, the embroidery on it is not even the floating embroidery that Jinsang Xiuzhuang can not make, it is a tribute to the North Hanging Country, the rouge you use, is the peach yarn condensation that has just arrived in Shilixiang, the number is very small, only for Yunfu and Chufu, just during the banquet, you didn't move the dishes I ordered, you didn't even look at it, Xiao Er's own dishes, but they are to your taste, it can be seen that you come often, and they know your preferences by heart, Ye Xiang, Ye Xiang, just for these things, can you even give your own sister's life?"

At the end of the words, Ye Jin raised her voice and shouted out in pain, and then she took a deep breath and calmed herself down a little before continuing: "I was still thinking that you might have to do it because she threatened her, but now it seems that I was wrong, your master and servant are in the same line, up and down. ”

Ye Xiang was stunned, his face was white for a long time, and he cried anxiously: "No! Sister! Your injury is in the arm, at most it will only ruin your hand, and it will not kill you! ”

Ye Jin looked at her in disbelief, she explained too many things in one sentence, the person who sneaked up in the middle of the night that night was indeed from Yunfu, so Ye Xiang did know about her attack, and also knew that she was injured in the arm, but I don't know how much she was personally involved?

Ye Jin looked at her sister with the eyes of a stranger, she felt that she didn't know her at all, and she couldn't understand her words.

"So you're really working for that Miss Yun? Just a wasted hand? Ye Xiang, when did human life become so insignificant in your eyes? ”

Ye Xiang suddenly knelt down with a puff, hugging Ye Jin's leg and crying: "Sister, I'm sorry!" I don't know, I really don't know it's going to be like this, Miss gave me a box of crystal cakes, and told me to watch you eat it yourself, I didn't want to, but she said it, she won't want your life, she just needs to abolish your arm, so that you are no longer worthy of His Royal Highness the Prince, that's all! ”

The twists and turns really come from the old relationship between her and Ming Zisu.

Ye Jin's heart was a little cold, tears slipped down one by one, she squatted down very slowly, and stroked Ye Xiang's trembling and sobbing back: "Xiang'er, it's good that you hurt me, whether it's Qi Han, what you want is my life, or as you said it's just an arm, it doesn't make a difference, as long as you have the heart to harm others for your own selfish desires, this thought will take root in your heart, grow into a towering tree little by little, completely bury your original kindness, and you will never be kind again." Especially your own relatives, once such a thought arises, there will be a gap between relatives, even if I can forgive you, but I can no longer be intimate, Xiang'er, before you make a decision, have you thought about this. ”

Ye Xiang cried heartbreakingly, sat on the ground, and covered his face in pain.

"Sister, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to, if I didn't do it, she would kill me, she would really kill me, you have seen her, the lives of our people are not even a dog for her, sister, I don't want to hurt you, but I don't want to die either! Over the years, I have lived in Yunfu worse than death, I have not suffered any torture, and I finally survived to this day, I really don't want to die like this, although I hurt you by one hand, but I can give you a lot of money, let you fly away! ”

The anger in Ye Jin's heart was extinguished little by little, leaving only endless distress and self-blame, distressing for the suffering she endured at a young age, she blamed herself, hated herself for not finding her earlier, she helped Ye Xiang up, picked up the embroidered handkerchief and wiped away her tears little by little.

"I'll go find Miss Yun, I'll redeem the deed of sale for you, and then take you home, and our family will live a good life."