Chapter Forty-Seven: Rejection and Welcome
Fuyao Pavilion has become famous in recent years, and occasionally attracts some nobles to stop, which naturally attracts literati and scholars to come to show their talents. After all, every year there is one in a thousand people on the high school red list, and if you can be favored by any big man as a staff member, it will be a step to the sky.
Yes, although the arrival of His Royal Highness King Jian today made everyone overjoyed, they did not feel abrupt, but this momentum was naturally more than in the past.
The scholars at the bottom worked hard to dance and write, but there was no movement in the box of the king on the second floor, and everyone couldn't help but stop drumming, Bai Yueyu waited for the opportunity to come to the stage. It's just that she just stroked the strings with her hand, but the box suddenly opened from the inside, and Ji Sihong walked downstairs with a cold face.
Bai Yueyu looked at the noble man's heart beating wildly, and seeing that King Jian went straight downstairs and was about to leave, Bai Yueyu hurriedly gathered her mind and plucked the strings and played the piano. Everyone saluted Ji Sihong respectfully, and the faint sound of the piano suddenly sounded in the silent hall, and Ji Sihong really stopped and looked back.
Bai Yueyu was overjoyed in her heart, but she pretended not to know at all, and her subordinates worked harder and harder. This song "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms" is extremely good for Bai Yueyu to learn, and it is actually to break the previous stagnation, which is beyond her usual skills, and it also successfully makes Ji Sihong interested in her.
At the end of the song, Bai Yueyu breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but quietly look at Ji Sihong in the audience, but it happened to meet his interested gaze. She hurriedly withdrew her gaze, and was about to step down in a hurry after a little shyness.
Although today's folk customs are open, it is still inappropriate for unmarried young women to show their heads in front of everyone, and the women who perform on the stage in Fuyao Pavilion cover their faces with light veils to keep a decent appearance.
Although Bai Yueyu had the calculation of wanting to refuse and welcome, she was really afraid that King Jian would lose interest in her, and she was afraid that he would not be able to find him when he turned his head. Walked down the stage in a panic, his fingertips pretending to unintentionally tear off the veil, revealing his beautiful face, causing a burst of praise and hurriedly covering it.
Ji Sihong looked at the back of the woman leaving in a hurry, although she looked innocent, when she looked at herself, her eyes were eager to carry a hook, and they were clearly aimed at herself. Although it was a bit disappointing, Ji Sihong felt that this was better and could save a lot of trouble. He beckoned, beckoned his men to give a few words, and then strode away.
Bai Yueyu noticed that someone was following her behind her, and knew that most of them were people sent by King Jian to find out her identity, so she couldn't help but be overjoyed, and her steps became slower and slower, for fear that the person behind her would be lost.
The two walked back to Baifu one after the other, and the man saw that Bai Yueyu entered the back door of Baifu and never came out, and after waiting for a while, he went back to pay for it. He didn't notice the ordinary cat on the wall, but he didn't know that the cat was the thorn in the side of his master who wanted to get rid of it.
Ji Lingyun was lazily basking in the sun on the wall, waiting for Gu Fang to come back from inquiring about the news, but he didn't want to accidentally see this scene and recognize that the person who was following Bai Yueyu was the person next to King Jian. And he looked at Bai Yueyu's demeanor, clearly aware that someone was following him, but his expression was not flustered.
Ji Lingyun was pondering this matter, and Gu Yi came in a hurry, with a rare smile on his face. Ji Lingyun's spirits perked up, and he really heard Gu Fang say: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back with Master Yun'an, let the master definitely go to the Prince's Mansion tonight." ”
Ji Lingyun excitedly spun around in place a few times, almost falling off the wall, and immediately threw Fang Cai's thoughts out of the clouds.
After a day of tossing and turning, I finally waited for the night, and when Bai Yanran fell asleep, Ji Lingyun, who was nesting next to the pillow, opened her eyes, silently looked at Bai Yanran's innocent sleeping face, and was reluctant to give up, and finally imprinted a kiss on the corner of her lips, and secretly said in her heart: Wait for me to marry you.
Ji Lingyun jumped up the half-open window, turned his head and took a last reluctantly look, and then quietly blended into the night.
Out of the White Mansion, Gu Fang was already waiting by the wall, skillfully picking up Ji Lingyun and lifting light skills to the Prince's Mansion.
A person and a cat are familiar with the way to enter from the back door of the prince's mansion, there is already Ji Chengyu's henchman red kite waiting by the door, seeing the two of them nodded slightly as a greeting, and then without saying a word, they picked up the remote road with no one and took the person to the courtyard of Master Yun'an.
The room was brightly lit, and after Gu Fang carried Ji Lingyun in, he saw that in addition to Ji Chengyu, there was also a green-robed Taoist who was not confused. Others only felt that this Yun'an master was immortal wind bones, but Ji Lingyun was very uncomfortable when he saw it, as if he was being wantonly spied into the depths of his heart.
Yun An Daoren sensed Ji Lingyun's uneasiness, nodded slightly and smiled: "His Royal Highness King An doesn't have to worry, although the situation is a little troublesome now, it is not tricky, and when the time comes, His Highness can return to his own body." ”
Ji Chengyu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said, "Can the master's words be serious?" What is the opportunity at that time? ”
Ji Lingyun was also excited, and meowed continuously, and Master Yun'an couldn't help but laugh when he heard it.
"The two highnesses are at ease, listen to the poor way."
Speaking of business, Yun'an Daoren said: "The name of the magic in His Royal Highness King An is called Lingjutsu, which is the technique of separating the spiritual consciousness of the living from the body. I don't know if the person who cast the spell didn't intend to kill him in the first place, or if something happened on the way, so that His Highness's spiritual sense was attached to the cat, but fortunately, there was no danger.
It's just that now His Highness's spiritual sense has been on this cat for a long time, and although the soul of the body has not been damaged after many days, it is afraid that it has spontaneously closed the five senses, and it cannot lead the soul to return to the body by itself. ”
Seeing Ji Chengyu's expression change suddenly, Yun'an Daoren continued: "But this matter is not unsolvable, only Xiao found an unmarried woman who matched His Royal Highness King An's eight characters, and used his pure yin body to attract his soul, and then the poor Dao summoned spiritual skills to bring His Highness's spiritual sense back to the body." ”
A few people put their minds at ease, and Yun'an Daoren walked to the table to dip the pen in ink, wrote down a birthday eight characters and handed it to Ji Chengyu and said: "This is the eight characters of the birthday that fit His Royal Highness King An." However, the spirit summoning technique needs to be suitable at the right time, place and people, so not only to find this person, but also to wait until the day of extreme yin half a month later, and the poor road also needs to lay out a formation to ensure that nothing goes wrong. ”
Ji Lingyun was happy in his heart, so he could still stay by Bai Yanran's side for half a month. Ji Chengyu nodded after hearing this, but said, "Since this is the case, then Lingyun you will stay in ......."
Before his words fell, Ji Lingyun had already stretched out his claws and instructed Gu Fang to go out of the door, and Gu Fang saluted Ji Chengyu and retreated. Ji Chengyu had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, he had always been helpless against this younger brother, but the warmth in his eyes was gone when he turned to face Yun'an Daoren, and a cold glint appeared in his eyes.
"The matter of Lingyun is entrusted to Master Yun'an, not only to make Lingyun safe and healthy, but also to find out the people behind the scenes. If you dare to hurt the king's brother, this person must not be tolerated! ”
Gu Fang sent Ji Lingyun back to the outer wall of the Bai family, seeing that Ji Lingyun was about to enter without hesitation, he hesitated a little and said: "During the time when the prince is not in the mansion, the lord of Mingzhu has been here three times, and he has been prevaricated by his subordinates on the pretext that the prince is not in the capital, I am afraid that next time it will not be so easy to fool." Therefore, the subordinates asked for instructions, should they inform the lord of Mingzhu of the truth? ”
Ji Lingyun squinted slightly, and intuitively felt that Gu Fang Suri was not a nosy person, so he should not have such a question. Gu Fang was not very comfortable staring at him, so he had to tell the truth: "Before the prince's accident, the queen mother revealed to her subordinates that the emperor intended to marry you and the lord of Mingzhu County. If it weren't for the prince's accident, I'm afraid this matter would be a foregone conclusion now. ”
Seeing Ji Lingyun turning his head disdainfully, Gu Fang said helplessly: "The queen mother also readily agreed to this matter, so she leaked her mouth with her subordinates in advance, and wanted the prince to prepare early." When the prince returns to the body, this matter will be mentioned, and the prince and this Miss Bai family should not be too close. ”
Gu Fang has followed Ji Lingyun for many years, and he knows that he only treats the lord of Mingzhu as a brother and sister, and he looks at this Miss Bai family differently.
It's just that Miss Bai's family background is not obvious, and she can't sit on the position of Princess An, even if the master loves it, she can only be a side concubine at most. Now the county lord of Mingzhu is the best choice for Princess An, so Gu Fang reminded Ji Lingyun not to lose his sense of proportion.
Ji Lingyun wagged his tail in disgust at him, turned around and jumped off the wall and returned to Qiufan Courtyard. Bai Yanran was still in a dream, but Xiu Mei frowned uneasily because of the nightmare, and Ji Lingyun, who was watching, was also worried.
Bai Yanran hadn't dreamed of her previous life for a long time, but tonight she had a nightmare again for some reason. This time the dream was very strange, intermittent and fragmentary.
first from the situation when she entered the palace at the age of eight and fell into the water and was rescued by Ji Lingyun, and then suddenly changed to the wedding day of her previous life and Song Shiyang. She was forced to commit suicide in desperation, and at the same time, someone couldn't stop singing something in her ears, even in her dream, Bai Yanran could feel the heart-wrenching pain of burning bones.
The chant grew more and more rapid, more and more sharp, and the chant stopped abruptly. Bai Yanran only felt that her body was light, and then she involuntarily fell into the endless darkness, and a panicked voice seemed to come from her ears.
"Wrong, wrong, she's not...... The eight-character fit...... Just died, blocking a catastrophe......"
When he woke up again, he would have become a cat with nowhere to go on the side of the road, if he hadn't met Ji Lingyun to take him in, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have been stolen for three years.
The scenes of the three years in King An's Mansion passed by in front of her eyes, Bai Yanran looked at the familiar and unfamiliar faces, one incident after another, and finally froze when Ji Lingyun reached out to drink the bowl of poisonous soup.
Bai Yanran had mixed feelings in her heart, and wanted to pounce on it to taste it first, so that he could know that the soup was poisonous, but her body was as heavy as a daughter and she couldn't move, so she blurted out in a hurry: "Ji Lingyun"!
Ji Lingyun was still looking at Bai Yanran's beautiful face stupidly, thinking about what Fang Cai Gu Fang said, and suddenly heard Bai Yanran calling his name, and subconsciously responded with a "meow", and then reacted with joy.