Summer Solstice (8)
Out of Su Yan's place, Xue Ling was worried about whether to go to Jiangfu again, and she couldn't figure out why she wanted to break her head. Seeing that it was getting late, I felt that I should go to the Horse Mansion early tonight. No matter what Huo Zhun is for, but since he has a plan, he can't sit still. She also had to hurry up, and it was best to personally send Huo Yunsheng back to the position of the commander of the Imperial Forest, so as not to have any leaks in the middle.
That's a lot. So much so that she didn't know where to start, but no one could help. On the other side of the Jiang family, they can watch the fire from the other side and never reach out to catch fish. Su Kai is useless, Mrs. Su, and she is not very willing to deal with it. Xue Ling pulled his hair and walked around the street, scratching his heart and lungs in annoyance.
It wasn't until I stepped into the courtyard gate that I took a few deep breaths and adjusted my state. The green gardenia has lit a candle. Lao Li Tou and Uncle Nagen bent over in the backyard to divide the herb seedlings. Seeing that Xue Ling had returned, he said, "Young Master is back." ”
Xue Ling smiled and said, "Well, there is nothing to eat." ”
"Yes, yes, your Aunt Zhao cooked sweet soup." Lao Li Tou wiped two handfuls of mud on his body, stood up straight and wanted to get it for Xue Ling. The land in the backyard had been leveled, and he had dug up a lot of herbs and came back. The sun was scorching at noon, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to survive if I planted it, so I didn't pick up here with Lu Yu's father until the evening.
Xue Ling said: "I'll just go by myself, you can be busy." After speaking, he didn't care about Lao Li's head, and walked to the kitchen by himself. I didn't drink a few sips of tea in Su Kana in the afternoon, and I was really thirsty. In the kitchen, Lu Yu and Aunt Zhao are both there, kneading dough and making cakes. Xue Ling was light-handed, and when they all arrived at the door, the two of them didn't notice that the mother and daughter were chattering there.
Xue Ling leaned against the door and listened to gossip. There is nothing to do, most of them are how to spend the days after the total, plant medicine and ask for a doctor, and say a kiss to the green gardenia. It's a good fortune to sigh a few more words once in a while, but I didn't expect that there would be today in this life. Lu Yu's smile was crisp, and gradually, Xue Ling couldn't help but smile on his face.
It's good to be in Pingcheng, in Pingcheng is actually more comfortable than this, she has never fought since she was born, and she has lived a short life in her parents. Although I don't have a mother, I haven't been born with it, and I haven't seen anyone else, so I don't feel anything. Xue Yihan is a little stricter, but Uncle Lu is indulgent! Xue Ling was so engrossed that he unconsciously made a sound.
Green Gardenia looked over and exclaimed, "Miss, why are you outside." ”
Xue Ling stood up straight and said as he walked inside: "Uncle Li said that there is sweet soup, I'll take a bowl." ”
Green Gardenia jumped down from the chair, walked to the pot happily, and said, "I'll give Miss Sheng." ”
Aunt Zhao was still a little uncomfortable, but it was much better than the first time, and she lowered her head and advised: "I'm afraid it's a little cold, do you want to be hot." ”
Green Gardenia didn't reply: "It doesn't matter, Miss likes to eat cold." ”
Xue Ling didn't answer, and sat down at a table with Aunt Zhao, she was indeed more greedy. When the green gardenia handed over the bowl, he held it and drank it, not bothering to use the spoon. The taste is a little sweeter, but it's not so disgusting as usual, and your own things are always good.
Lu Yu knew that Xue Ling didn't like sweetness, but seeing that she was in a hurry, she must be really thirsty, and said: "Miss doesn't have a letter to go in and out, next time I say it in advance, I'll prepare a bowl for you alone." ”
Aunt Zhao glared at her first and said, "How can you talk to Miss." ”
Xue Ling finished drinking a bowl of soup, threw the bowl on the table, and said, "It's okay, it's just that I'm disappearing day by day." After speaking, he glanced at the dough on the table a few times and said, "Do you want to eat bread tonight?" ”
Green Gardenia took the bowl and said, "Yes, what about the meatloaf." Would you like another bowl of Miss? ”
Xue Ling said: "No need, when will there be bread to eat." She licked her lips and added, "Aunt Zhao's craftsmanship is good, I'm hungry." ”
Aunt Zhao was stunned for a moment, and the strength of kneading the dough was a little stronger. She is just a cook in Qi Mansion, and she really can't be called a craft. Usually when I meet the young lady, I walk around with my head down, and it turns out that the young lady of the official family is not much different from my own daughter.
Aunt Zhao said: "It's fast, it's fast, her father is tired from work, and the cake is angry." I don't think I should call Green Gardenia her father in front of the young lady, they are all subordinates.
Xue Ling didn't hear it, and said, "Then I'll go back to the house and lie down for a while." She's so tired today.
Xue Ling didn't eat the pot of cakes after all, and when Aunt Zhao hurriedly cooked a pot and Lu Yu brought it over, Xue Ling had already touched the door of the Horse Mansion.
Before the night had completely covered the world, she wandered around in her regular clothes. Thinking that there would be something to deal with at night, I would go in and keep an eye on it later. As soon as Huang Chengxuan leaves Princess Yongle's side, he will hijack Princess Yongle somewhere else and hide her.
After walking a few laps, I found a suitable place to climb over the wall, sat on the stone on the side, and nibbled on the two buns I bought by the way. It's just that the taste is not very good, which makes her a little worried about the pile of noodles in Aunt Zhao's hands, and she doesn't know if there will be any cakes to eat when she goes back.
The blackness finally swallowed up the last rays of afterglow, and the lights in the Pony's Mansion were already red. Shaking the food crumbs on his clothes, he pinched his right wrist and was still at ease. Xue Ling took a few steps back to help, and lightly turned over and stood on the wall, this place is still a peach orchard, but the flowering period has passed, leaving a few leaves to rise wildly. To say that this new green blockbuster does not look inferior to the red glow. It's a pity that the princess doesn't like it, so no one takes care of it, like a deserted garden. Yu Xue Ling was just right, jumping down and not even bumping into a ghost, last night she had already touched the Pony Mansion thoroughly, jumped down and followed the route in her memory without stopping, and touched the Yongle Princess Bedroom.
Sure enough, Huang Chengxuan stayed on the side again, holding a book on the surface, but in fact, he stared at Princess Yongle who was playing with a group of maids, and he didn't get distracted for a moment. So much so that Xue Ling wondered whether this Huang Chengxuan was a concubine, or Wei Long sent someone to see Princess Yongle. It's like a nail piercing Princess Yongle's body, and she can't pull it out.
Condescending on the high beams, the things in the temple can be seen at a glance. I have to say that Princess Yongle's acting skills are good, chasing those Trojan horse dolls and other children's things, she looks like she is having fun, and no one can find the slightest flaw. If it weren't for listening to Qi Qingyi talk about those things, Xue Ling asked himself how hard it would be to believe that Princess Yongle had not lost her memory. Counting up, Princess Yongle has been in the water for almost half a year, I wonder if the Pony Mansion is so absurd and unruly every day? A group of eighteen or nineteen maids accompanied a twenty-year-old princess to play a little scoundrel, Xue Ling felt inexplicably disgusted after just looking at it for a long time, I don't know what kind of mood Princess Yongle is in order to sing this play seamlessly.
I don't know how long it took for Xue Ling to see Huang Chengxuan walk up to Princess Yongle, stroke the top of her head and say something. The beam was too high, and Huang Chengxuan whispered again, so Xue Ling naturally couldn't hear it. But seeing Princess Yongle sitting on the ground coquettishly for a while, she seemed to be very unhappy when she danced. Huang Chengxuan squatted down again and continued to coax. Finally, Princess Yongle stood up and waved her hand to the maids, and the room was quiet.
The maids at the bottom were cleaned up, and Xue Ling also breathed a sigh of relief, estimating that Huang Chengxuan was persuading Princess Yongle to go to bed or something. She adjusted her posture, thinking that the two of them were going to pee or something, and that was enough time for a few moments to do something on her own.
But I didn't want the two people below to change their appearance in an instant after the maid left. Princess Yongle is no longer that careless move, pushing Huang Chengxuan far away. Huang Chengxuan didn't behave abnormally, he still looked like a gentle swallow, followed Princess Yongle, and walked to the inner room together, his lips were moving, but unfortunately Xue Ling really couldn't hear it.
The two walked to the inner room, and Xue Ling was about to jump down. A maid knocked on the door and said it was to bring water to wash. Huang Chengxuan walked out alone, opened the door and took the water. The maid didn't look surprised, obviously used to it. Xue Ling watched Huang Chengxuan come out, and immediately jumped down and entered the house, she was uncomfortable staying on it, thinking that she didn't know how long she would have to wait if she missed this opportunity, but she really couldn't do it, so she let Huang Chengxuan die.
Princess Yongle was already sitting on the bed, bowing her head with a cold face and combing her hair slowly, not knowing what she was thinking. Xue Ling was going to hide his body, seeing Princess Yongle's absent-minded appearance, he jumped up in the air with an arrow step and jumped directly onto the bed. Although the person is behind Princess Yongle, his hand is around Princess Yongle's neck, and what he is holding in his hand is Pingyi.
She wanted to directly threaten Yongle with her intentions, but she was afraid that this woman would be frightened crazy, so she yelled and yelled, and it would not end well if she was injured, so she was cross-handed. If there is any unavoidable situation, it is very quick to bring peace back.
Princess Yongle obviously didn't think that her bedroom had broken into outsiders, and she raised her head and said, "You...". As soon as I said the word "you", I realized that I was using the wrong tone, so I immediately switched it and asked like a child, "Who are you?" ”
Xue Ling smiled disdainfully, this Princess Yongle was indeed pretending to be. There is no impurity in the voice, crisp and soft. If you really want to talk with a five or six-year-old girl standing behind the door, others may not be able to tell who is who. It's a pity that people don't have time to pretend when they do things subconsciously, and the word "you" she said for the first time is the real Princess Yongle.
As long as one thing is false, there are always loopholes.
Huang Chengxuan's footsteps can already be heard, and he is about to come in. Xue Ling put his hand back, making Princess Yongle feel a little oppressed, and said, "Tell the horse to fetch some food, I have no eyes for the sword in my hand." ”
Princess Yongle didn't give up yet, pretending not to understand what Xue Ling was saying, and shouted suspiciously: "Sister? ”
Huang Chengxuan had already arrived at the door, and there was no room for any more tongue twisting. Xue Ling retracted his arm again, and said in an accentuated tone: "Qi Qingyi." She believed that as soon as she said these three words, Princess Yongle would be deceiving herself if she continued to pretend.
Sure enough, Princess Yongle's body trembled slightly, and said, "Who are you?" ”
Huang Chengxuan had already put the basin on the dresser in the side room and shouted: "Yongle, come and wash." While walking towards Yongle. He didn't doubt that there was anything wrong, the princess had been like this for a long time. No matter what you do, you always have to coax yourself for a while.
Xue Ling's hand had already increased her strength, she didn't want to kill. The tone was even more vicious: "Let him go, or die." ”
"You go and see what you can eat, staring at cooking a bowl of bird's nest, hungry and panicking." Huang Chengxuan saw Princess Yongle sitting on the bed, with her hands propped on her sides, kicking the ground every time, the expression on her face was not good-looking, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "Okay." As he spoke, he turned and left. Anyway, since the fall into the water, when no one is around, when has the princess's face been better.
He didn't see anything unusual, and even the princess had no hands around her neck. Xue Ling removed his arm and pressed the hilt of Pingyi's sword against Princess Yongle's back. Listening to Huang Chengxuan's footsteps getting farther and farther away, Fang put Pingyi back into his sword, jumped out from behind Princess Yongle, shook his clothes and stood in front of Princess Yongle for a long time.
Princess Yongle stared at Xue Ling and didn't speak, her attention had been on Qi Qingyi that night, and she had no time to pay attention to anything else, and she couldn't recognize Xue Ling as the little guy in Su Mansion who was slapped by her.
Xue Ling tugged at the corners of his mouth, deliberately put Pingyi back into his sleeve slowly, and said, "What is the princess staring at me like this." ”
Sure enough, Princess Yongle saw that she had taken the sword back, breathed a sigh of relief, no longer pretended, her eyes were a little wandering, and said, "Who are you Qi Qingyi, the kitchen is not far from here, and there are people outside." ”
Xue Ling pulled a chair and sat down in a dignified manner. She spent the night in this house last night, and she still doesn't know where the kitchen is? After sitting down, he looked at Qi Qingyi and said: "There are people outside, and they can't be saved, thanks to the princess who sent me a few Yunxiajiao, the eldest sister said, this thing is valuable, and I want to come in person to thank you."
Xue Ling secretly revealed that he already knew the truth about Qi Qingyi's miscarriage, and wanted to scare Princess Yongle first. A few peach blossoms sent to Chen Wangfu that day are indeed famous Yunxiajiao, I don't know if they are still open.
"You are Qi Qingyi's sister"? Princess Yongle blurted out, and looked at Xue Ling a few times in disbelief, it was indeed as if she had seen it, but she really couldn't recognize it. And Qi Shiyan's daughter should be inseparable from Qi Qingyi, how can she have the ability to break into the Horse Mansion at night.
What's more, since she dared to tell Qi Qingyi the truth without any scruples that night, of course she was not afraid of Qi Qingyi telling it. Wei Long murdered Princess Sanssouci, Qi Qingyi dared to reveal half a point, it was useless to kill himself, how could a sister come to the door.
Xue Ling said: "Yes and no. I'm here to talk to the princess about business, what do you know, where do you know, and what evidence do you have about Princess Sanssouci. ”
Princess Yongle didn't answer immediately, but her expression began to be arrogant, she thought that Xue Ling was here for Qi Qingyi's miscarriage at first, but now she saw that Xue Ling didn't pay much attention to this matter, but when she mentioned Wei Long, she was no longer so nervous. And the word "business", that is, to ask for yourself.
Princess Yongle said: "Who are you, what did Qi Qingyi tell you?" ”
Xue Ling seemed to have expected that Princess Yongle was not so happy, and he was not surprised, but he just looked at the door and motioned to Princess Yongle with his eyes, doubting whether this was a suitable place for conversation.
Princess Yongle also understood what she meant, and said, "No one will come in." Since she fell into the water, her temperament has changed greatly, and the concubine almost does not let the maid interfere in personal affairs on the grounds of personal care, otherwise, it will not be a basin of water and Huang Chengxuan will serve it himself.
Xue Ling sneered, idiots are always the same, no one comes in, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will eavesdrop. Princess Yongle thought that she was acting very similar in front of outsiders, but her true form was revealed in front of Huang Chengxuan. I don't know if Huang Chengxuan helped Princess Yongle hide it, or helped Wei Long keep an eye on it.
However, the door was indeed a little far away, Xue Ling held his breath and listened carefully for a moment, but there was no sound. If you can't hear people outside, as long as you don't shout loudly, you shouldn't be able to hear inside.
She didn't answer, but Princess Yongle couldn't hold back and asked, "Who are you?" ”
Xue Ling pinched his wrist, moved his gaze away, and said slowly: "My surname is Xue, and I call Xue Yihan a father." ”
"Xue Yihan". Princess Yongle exclaimed in surprise, and instantly covered her mouth in fright. She shouldn't have reacted so much, but after knowing the truth about Wuwu's death, she had to find out more about the Xue Song family. Someone suddenly came out and shouted Xue Yihan's father, how could she not be surprised.
The two were silent for a moment, and Princess Yongle put down her hand and said in a low voice: "Why do you say that you are, Xue Yihan only has one son." There was a little tremor in her voice, and she couldn't believe it, and she was more afraid. She has already learned what secrets can bring.
The person in front of him said that he was Qi Qingyi's sister, and now he said that he was Xue Yihan's daughter. If it is true, the Qi family, the Qi family took in the daughter of the Xue family, and the daughter of the Xue family colluded with the Chen Wangfu. Although Chen Wang Wei Yi is dead, what are these people planning?
Moreover, Princess Yongle was also worried that Xue Ling was sent by Wei Long to test her. It's not that I have leaked somewhere recently, and I have already aroused suspicion. The combination of the two, she can't help but panic.
Xue Ling didn't have the heart to guess what Princess Yongle was thinking, she didn't have much time, Huang Chengxuan had to hurry up and finish asking before coming back, and said, "I have my father's big seal, but I didn't bring it tonight." What's more, you and I are close at hand, and it is as easy as I want to marry you, and I can't make up nonsense to deceive you. You told me earlier where you learned about the Carefree Death. ”
Princess Yongle glanced at Xue Ling's cuffs and felt that it seemed to make sense. It's obvious that I've already exposed the fact that I haven't lost my memory, and it's not much fun to be tempted. After a few turns in my head, I had other plans. looked at Xue Ling and said, "I heard with my own ears that Concubine Shu said that Wei Long sent Wu Wu to die." After speaking, there was an inexplicable smile on his face. If the person who came was really Xue Yihan's daughter, she could do something else.
Xue Ling just blinked slightly, and said, "When, where, what kind of situation." Such a confidential matter, Concubine Shu should not be known as an interesting matter, under what opportunity did Princess Yongle hear it?
Xue Ling was very anxious, but Princess Yongle didn't talk anymore. kicked his shoes, and the whole person half lay on the bed and said: "I don't want to tell you, since you said that you came to do business with me, but you didn't bring anything, and I didn't do anything good, why bother talking to you with your head." ”
Xue Ling forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, wanting to say that he had a sword in his hand. However, she couldn't really kill Princess Yongle, and it seemed that persecution might not make Princess Yongle tell the truth, I didn't know when Huang Chengxuan would come back, so she had to say, "What do you want?" ”
Princess Yongle smiled cutely, pointed a finger to her chest and said, "I want you to help me kill someone, you help me kill her, I will tell you all." ”
Xue Ling only thought that she was going to kill Wei Long, and said without hesitation: "Okay." ”
Princess Yongle slapped her face and said, "Refreshing." Then he told him how Qi Qingyi begged him to set up a well-dressed tomb for Princess Sanssouci, how he entered the palace to beg Wei Long, and how he accidentally overheard the conversation between Wei Long and Concubine Shu. Seeing that Xue Ling was silent, he said that he was in a panic all day, and finally pretended to fall into the water, even so, his mother was still dead. Saying this, Princess Yongle jumped up, ran to Xue Ling's side, grabbed her clothes and said: "You know now, you now know why I want Qi Qingyi to die, let me tell you, she did it on purpose, she must have done it on purpose." It's Qi Shiyan, and Qi Shiyan is inseparable from this matter. ”
After muttering a few words of Qi Shiyan, Princess Yongle let go of her hand holding Xue Ling again, looked at her, and after pausing for a moment, she became even more crazy, and said, "You know, you know Qi Shiyan, that's why you went to the Qi family." You are Qi Qingyi's third sister, you are the righteous daughter of Qi Mansion who came from an unknown source, no wonder, no wonder... Hahaha". Princess Yongle smiled and spun back and forth in front of Xue Ling, and as soon as she stopped, she grabbed Xue Ling and asked, "It's you, it's you who paralyzed Qi Shiyan, right, it's really good." ”
She finally laughed enough, sat down, poured a glass of water for Xue Ling, and said, "Come, from today on, you will be my Princess Yongle's person, I respect you." I killed Qi Qingyi's child, and you paralyzed Qi Shiyan. It's so good, let them live, live with me, no one alive, no ghosts... It's good to be alive...". Princess Yongle drank all the tea in her hand, unaware that she had just said that this cup of water was for Xue Ling. The cup was smashed on the ground and shattered, and in this room, a gold blanket was spread, which shows how much strength Princess Yongle used.
Xue Ling sighed, he didn't know what he was saying, and he estimated that Huang Chengxuan was about to return, so he got up to leave, Huo Yunwan's matter, let's slow down. She was originally a little resentful of Princess Yongle because of Qi Qingyi's incident, but she didn't know where this hatred came from.
Maybe when Princess Yongle pretended not to know her biological mother, she was just a walking corpse.
Princess Yongle saw Xue Ling getting up to leave, so she hurriedly stood up and grabbed the corner of Xue Ling's clothes and said, "Don't go, you promised to help me kill someone." Afraid that Xue Ling would not admit it, she contorted her face and threatened: "If you leave, I will tell the world tomorrow that you are Xue Yihan's daughter, and you will come to the mansion to stab me." Afraid that Xue Ling would not believe it, he let go of a finger and pointed out the door, and said, "My concubine, my concubine, is Wei Long's best cousin, as long as I tell him, he will not let you go." ”
Xue Ling pulled Princess Yongle's hand down, thinking to himself that your colt is so obedient, why don't you let him help you kill the person you want to kill. But looking at Princess Yongle's appearance, and thinking that what Yongle wanted to kill was probably Wei Long, he still said: "I will come again tomorrow afternoon, and you will find a way to separate the horses." When I get what I want, I'll kill you for you. ”
Princess Yongle let go of her hand, paced a few steps, and stared at Xue Ling viciously: "Okay, you must come tomorrow." ”