Chapter 147: Vicissitudes of Life
Midsummer, soaking in a wooden barrel full of petals, closed her eyes, she thought of Gu Jing, Yun Xuehua, Shi Fengyue, and her father, all of whom died in front of her without exception.
Once the sea was difficult to water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud.
A poem by Li Qingzhao came to mind: Things are people, and everything is restless, and tears flow first if you want to speak.
She washed the skin on her body, and when her hand stroked the word on her shoulder, she unconsciously remembered Yelu Nanfeng, and remembered the sometimes clear and sometimes scheming eyes, which seemed to have appeared in her memory for a long time.
Midsummer remembered the dirty beggar she met when she rode out on the street that day, and the eyes overlapped, wasn't it Yelu Nanfeng?
It turned out that all this had been his plan for a long time......
If that didn't happen, maybe she might wonder if Yelu Nanfeng had ever been moved by her, but it didn't matter if she didn't have it now.
She smothered her whole head in the tub until she was suffocated to the point where she couldn't breathe, and she felt sorry for her remembering that enemy, she couldn't think of that person, if she had the slightest friendship or temptation for that person, she would be sorry for her Xichu, sorry for the person who died at the hands of Yelu Nanfeng.
She should regard Yelu Nanfeng as an enemy, yes, she told herself like this, and warned herself that she would always keep her hatred for Sheng Guo and Yelu Nanfeng, because only endless hatred could keep her awake.
She put on a new dress, wearing a big red dress like when she got married and married, she left Xichu in a red dress, and now she is going to wear a red dress to really return to Xichu.
"It's good if the princess comes back, it's good to come back."
The grandmother who has served Midsummer for many years said in her mind when she changed her clothes for Midsummer.
"Mama, am I not as good-looking as I used to be?"
Sheng Xia changed into that red dress and was sitting on the dresser, and the grandmother behind her was picking up a comb to dress her up, and she couldn't calm down for a long time looking at the haggard face in the bronze mirror.
"Princess, don't talk nonsense, the princess is still the princess who used to be so good-looking that all Xichu liked, and she is still the first beauty of our Xichu."
Mama smacked her tongue and swallowed her saliva and said, combing her hair and putting on some hairpins for Midsummer, and puffing on some rouge gouache to depict it on Midsummer's beautiful face.
After a while, a world-famous beauty came out, in midsummer, she was still as bright and moving as before, Chu Chu was pitiful, her eyes were a little less cold, her eyes seemed to be always moist, those eyes seemed to be able to speak, she had suffered so many grievances, but she stubbornly refused to shed a little tear.
"Princess, the old slave doesn't know what you've been through these days, but since you've returned to Xichu, it's time to return to your own home, and what you want to eat and do in the future is enough."
The grandmother said this enthusiastically, the grandmother has served in the palace for many years and has watched the summer grow up, how can she have no feelings for the summer, how can she not see the unspeakable sorrow in the eyes of the summer, but she knows that the stubborn and proud princess will never cry or show weakness.
"Mama, thank you."
Midsummer pulled up Mama's calloused hands, Mama was right, this Xichu is her home.
Midsummer returned to the room and saw her brother Su Xiao picking up the martial arts cheats on the side and reading them hungrily, these are the things that Su Xiao hates to look at, and they have always been things she reads.
When Su Xiao heard the footsteps, he raised his head and caught a glimpse of the familiar shadow, so he put down the book in his hand.
"Xia Xia, what happened to you in Shengguo, you tell me everything."
Su Xiao took Midsummer's hand and said.
"I'm ...... in Shengguo"
Midsummer bit her lip and finally spoke.
She told her brother all the things she had experienced in the enemy country, and she tried her best to tell it in a calm tone, while her brother Su Xiao couldn't hold back her anger for a long time.
"Lone and Shengguo do not share the sky, and Lone vows to divide the corpses of the five horses of Nayelu Nanfeng, crush the bones and scatter ashes-"
Su Xiao punched the wall, and the blood smashed out, and his sister Su Xia became a midsummer, and several of his friends died in Shengguo, at the hands of Yelu Nanfeng, the prince of the enemy country.
Yun Xuehua and Shi Fengyue obviously said that they wanted to be the first swordsman in the world and the second swordsman in the world, how could they leave everyone forever before their wishes were realized.
And Gu Jing obviously said that he would protect his princess for the rest of his life, but he was seriously injured and still couldn't continue to protect his princess.
Su Xiao didn't expect that he would lose several friends in a row, as if he was making people like to watch him and Sheng Xia have nothing.
"Brother, everything will be fine, phew-"
Midsummer called Su Xiao's brother, took Su Xiao's hand to check if there was any injury, and then blew in the hope that the cool wind could make people feel less pain, and picked up a bottle of gold sore medicine on the cabinet to apply medicine to Su Xiao to heal the injury, and then wrapped it in a handkerchief.
Midsummer said that everything would be fine, but Midsummer didn't believe that everything would really get better, she was just thinking that no matter how bad it was, it could only be bad now, it shouldn't be bad anymore, right?
"If Xia Xia is sleepy, then go to sleep."
Su Xiao raised his eyes and saw that Midsummer was yawning, and his eyes were about to close and fall asleep, so he helped Midsummer to go to the bed and the power went out again, and Midsummer covered the quilt.
"Brother, why are you still here? It's late now, won't you go to court tomorrow? ”
Midsummer didn't dare to close her eyes, she saw that Su Xiao didn't have the slightest intention of leaving, so she asked suspiciously.
"Tomorrow is going to the court, but today is a good day for you to come back, remember that you have nightmares every night, so my brother will not leave today, and will watch you here for one night."
Su Xiao was still worried about his sister's nightmares, his hand was still holding Midsummer's hand, and he was sitting next to Midsummer's bed.
My brother's words are more effective than any soothing incense, and Midsummer closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.
Su Xiao looked at his sister Shengxia's sleeping face, and saw that Shengxia slept very soundly but still didn't leave, he was really afraid that his sister would have a nightmare again.
The moment Su Xiao was about to fall asleep with his eyes closed, there was an exclamation in his ears, and sure enough, Midsummer still had a nightmare.
"Xia Xia, my brother is here, don't be afraid ......"
Su Xiao hugged the trembling Midsummer, and patted Midsummer's shoulder to comfort her.
"Brother, woo-woo-"
Midsummer cried pear blossoms with rain, she seemed to be able to rely on her brother Su Xiao, how many days and nights she woke up from a dream alone, but fortunately this time there was her brother Su here.
"It's okay, I'm here."
It took Su Xiao a lot of effort to lull the nightmare of Midsummer to sleep again, and he still stayed there, even if the autumn wind was cold, he would cough a few times from time to time.
The next day it was not yet dawn.
Midsummer didn't sleep very well, and the first thing she saw when she woke up was Su Xiao, and she saw her brother who had been guarding her all night with bloodshot eyes.
"My brother is going to go to the morning court, you fall asleep first, and then I will come to see you after my brother finishes handling government affairs, you have a hard time these days, or take more rest."
Su Xiao was finally willing to let go of his sister Shengxia's hand, covered the quilt for Shengxia, turned around and went to the other side to change clothes and go to the morning court.
I was still a little sleepy in the middle of summer, so I closed my eyes and fell asleep again.
Sheng Xia didn't know that Yelu Nanfeng, the prince of Sheng Guo, was still looking for her.
Before dawn, Yelu Nanfeng got up early, changed his clothes and planned to go to court, and spread out a well-hidden portrait, he looked at the woman on the portrait, it was the woman who made him dream, he sent someone to look for her for a long time, but there was still no news.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess has news-"
As he spoke, the Commander of the Dark Guard pushed the door open, and Yelu Nanfeng rolled up the portrait in a panic, hiding his feelings well.
"Say."
Yelu Nanfeng said in a deep voice.
"According to the report of the spies who were ambushed in Western Chu, the crown princess has returned to Western Chu, and she entered the palace last night."
The Dark Guard Commander bowed his head, saluting and reporting the situation.
"Haha, that's ......"
When Yelu Nanfeng heard the news, the portrait in his hand fell directly to the ground unsteadily, and the portrait of the woman immediately collapsed on the ground to show the whole picture, and the portrait was from Yelu Nanfeng's hand.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, what's wrong with you? I don't understand you like this, I don't understand your ......"
The Commander of the Secret Guard couldn't figure out the emotions of His Royal Highness the Prince, seeing that Yelu Nanfeng was obviously laughing but laughing so bitterly, but he didn't want to cry, he thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be uncomfortable, right?
"There's nothing wrong with this prince, isn't it just a woman, you can bring a basket now."
Yelu Nanfeng covered his face to adjust his emotions, and said with a cold face after spreading his hands, he didn't want to show a trace of injury, even if the other party was a subordinate who had been with him for so many years.
In the blink of an eye, he was the only one left in the study, and he bent down to take one last look at the portrait, thinking about the person in the portrait, and he silently rolled up the portrait.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, this is the basket you want me to find."
The Commander of the Dark Guard entered the door with a bronze basket, and the Commander of the Dark Guard put down the basket on the ground, which was specially used to burn paper, and was used to burn some discarded paper manuscripts.
"Well, you shouldn't have seen anything of what you saw today, and you shouldn't have seen anything in the past."
Yelu Nanfeng threw the rolled painting into the basket, lit a fire and lit the portrait, which slowly turned to ashes before his eyes.
"That's natural, the subordinates are loyal to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The Commander of the Dark Guard knew what Yelu Nanfeng was referring to, and Yelu Nanfeng didn't want everyone to see such a lonely and injured appearance, including the Dark Guard who had been by Nanfeng's side.
The painting in the basket turned into a mass of ash, as if it were the mind of Yelu Nanfeng.
"Do you want to tell the king the news of the crown princess's return to Xichu? If you don't say it now, you may soon be known by the king, and I'm afraid you will be blamed. ”
The Dark Guard Commander asked respectfully with his head down.
"There's no need, just say that the crown princess died of a cold."
Yelu Nanfeng would rather everyone think that his crown princess was dead than let the world know that his crown princess had run away.