Chapter Forty-Six: Farewell
After watching Tsing Yi leave, Ruoxin returned to the carriage. The guards returned to the lineup, and the carriage continued to march towards the Yingning Palace.
Ruoxin closed her eyes and leaned against the wall of the car, her eyebrows furrowed, and her heart was full of thoughts. Bai Rong and Fenghua's figures alternated in her mind, and her heart was both bored and worried. She doesn't like to look back on the past, life is short, like a white horse passing by, she doesn't want to waste time on regret, and she doesn't have the extra mind to be sad and sad. If you miss it, you miss it, so why look back.
However, what happened now, for her, is not as simple as waving goodbye to a past experience.
With a long exhale, Ruoxin raised her hand and covered her forehead.
The atmosphere in the carriage was depressing and solemn, and King Ying Ning heard Ruoxin's sigh and raised his eyes to look at her, with an inquiring meaning in his beautiful eyes. But looking at Ruoxin's solemn face, even with a sad and worried expression, after staring for a while, King Ying Ning looked away again and did not disturb her.
Time passed slowly in silence, and when the carriage stopped again, it had reached the gate of the palace.
Ruoxin got out of the carriage with the support of the maidservant, but King Yingning was still sitting in the carriage and had no intention of entering the mansion.
"This king will send you here. You go to rest first, this king has to go back to the hunting ground to deal with the rest of the business. ”
"Yes." Ruoxin replied without much energy. Turning around and walking to the gate of the palace, Ruoxin remembered something and stopped, "Lord Wang." ”
The coachman turned the carriage around and was about to set off, when he heard Ruoxin's voice and stopped again.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted again, Ruoxin approached the carriage, looked at King Yingning's calm expression, and said in a low voice: "Lord, the matter of sacrifice ......"
King Ying Ning was silent, his gaze lingered on Ruoxin's face for a moment, but he suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, chuckled, and said slowly: "It's rare that you still have the heart to remember this." Lowering his eyes and thinking for a moment, King Ying Ning spoke: "Although you can rest, this king has his own plans in his heart." ”
After finishing speaking, King Ying Ning lowered the curtain and signaled Xian Yu to set off.
......
"Princess, are you going back to Jingyuan?" Standing at the door, watching King Yingning's convoy leave, the chief steward who was waiting on the side asked.
"Hmm." Retracting her gaze, Ruoxin answered, turned and walked through the door.
Refused to be accompanied by the chief steward, Ruoxin walked to Beiyuan alone. Along the way, they could meet the concubines of King Yingning, but when they saw Ruoxin from a distance, they mostly took a detour. Occasionally, they met face to face, and they all bowed respectfully and then left in a hurry.
Since her name was officially entered into the royal name and became the princess of King Yingning, no one in the backyard of the palace dared to harass her. thought that they were jealous of her identity, but later found out that it was King Yingning who had "warned" them, so they relented. Whatever the reason, at least no one bothered her, and Ruoxin walked calmly all the way back to Jingyuan.
When she walked to the gate of Jingyuan, Guan Jingtian rushed out of the garden, as if she had been waiting for her in Jingyuan.
"You're back so early." Guan Jingtian said a little strangely, touched his chin, and grinned again: "Are you in a hurry to come back to see Young Master Ben, I feel like I haven't seen you for a day?" I said a long time ago that you can't live without Master Ben. ”
Ruoxin didn't know how he had the privilege of being able to enter and leave the North Garden freely, but she was not surprised that he was not used to his elusiveness in the Quiet Garden. Let him talk to himself on the side, Ruoxin lowered her head and walked towards the main courtyard.
Guan Jingtian hadn't noticed Ruoxin's expression yet, and walked behind Ruoxin, feeling that something was wrong, looking back, scratching his head, "Huh", and said, "It's really rare, Bai Shi didn't follow you?" Usually this stone is like a shadow around you, but now that I don't see him, Young Master Ben is still a little unaccustomed to it. ”
Ruoxin's footsteps paused, a pain crossed her eyes, and she continued to walk forward.
Rao is Guan Da Shao's nerves are thick, and now he also notices that Ruoxin's mood is very different from the past. He ran up to Ruoxin, tilted his body and looked down at her, and asked, "Hey, dead woman, what's wrong with you?" ”
Walking to the front of the bedroom, Ruoxin pushed open the door, blocked Guan Jingtian, who wanted to go in with her, and said with a tired expression: "Can you go back first?" I want to be alone and quiet. ”
After finishing speaking, the door closed in front of him, and Guan Jingtian looked at the closed door in a daze for a long time, with unknown doubts in his eyes, and worry about Ruoxin's sudden depression.
He touched his head, muttered a few quietly, then turned and walked down the steps, walked to a stone pier in the courtyard, brushed off the fallen leaves, and sat down.
The stone was cold, Guan Jingtian's body unconsciously shivered, and glanced at Ruoxin's room, he tightened his neckline, shrunk his neck, and sat quietly like that.
......
Ruoxin sat at the head of the bed with her knees crossed, burying her head deep in her knees, and the complicated things in her mind appeared one after another, as if she was in a muddy nightmare. There were occasionally a few voices outside the house, I don't know if Guan Jingtian was still staying outside, but no one came to disturb him halfway.
The surroundings were quiet, and in a trance, the sky outside had already darkened.
There was no light in the house, and it was pitch black. Pondering alone, Ruoxin's heart slowly precipitated.
Why think too much, aside from the heavy feelings that Fenghua loaded in her heart, the most important thing now is to prevent Fenghua from entering the ghost town to venture to find the ghost Kuroki. Her life should no longer affect Fenghua, as for what she owes him, let's wait until she still has her life to live.
When I opened my eyes, I was clear again.
Thinking about what happened next, Ruoxin got out of bed and went to the table to light the silver candle.
As the room grew brighter, Ruoxin walked to the closet, opened one of the drawers, and took out a small bag sewn in silk. After looking at it for a moment, Ruoxin took it into her arms, and then opened the door.
When the palace was dark, lanterns were lit, so the lights were bright outside. As soon as she stepped out of the door, Ruoxin saw that a few steps away from the door, Guan Jingtian was sitting quietly on the edge of the threshold, hanging his head, knocking and knocking, and actually fell asleep. The hair that fell down gently lifted in the cold wind of the spring night. It was drizzling, it seemed to be a little cold, and when he fell asleep, Guan Jingtian's hands were tightly wrapped around his body, looking a little pitiful.
He's not going to sit there from noon until now, is he?
Ruoxin stared at Guan Jingtian for a moment, walked over, and gently patted Guan Jingtian on the shoulder.
Guan Jingtian raised his head, opened his sleepy eyes wistfully, his eyes were confused, and he didn't seem to be able to figure out where he was, he rubbed his eyes childishly, and muttered vaguely, "Who took Young Master Ben's quilt away." ”
Although her mood was still a little depressed, when facing Guan Dashao, Ruoxin always felt that she couldn't cry or laugh, she shook her head and asked, "Why are you still here?" Didn't leave all day? ”
Hearing Ruoxin's voice, Guan Jingtian was excited, sobered up, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said, "Why can't you sit ...... Sitting here? ”
After staying outside for a few hours, Guan Dashao's limbs were stiff and numb from the cold of the night, and even the coordination of facial expressions was lost, he glanced at Ruoxin, raised his hand half-formed into a palm, and sighed at his mouth to warm his body, "The young master has heard about it." Don't be in a bad mood, I don't know why he has to stay with that fake woman, but the stone will always come back. Don't ...... for a while," Guan Dashao shuddered as he said, and continued: "Don't think about it for a while. ”
Is it because you're worried about her that you've been guarding the door?
Ruoxin was stunned, then looked at Guan Jingtian and shook her head and smiled lightly: "No, thank you Young Master Guan." ”
Ruoxin suddenly thanked him, but Guan Jingtian was a little unaccustomed to it, he blushed all of a sudden, looked away, and stammered in a thick voice: "What are you doing...... Why are you suddenly so polite to Young Master Ben again, and Young Master Ben is very unaccustomed to it. ”
Ruoxin's mood warmed up a lot because of Guan Jingtian, and she asked with a smile, "Has the prince returned home?" ”
"Hmm."
Touching the hard object in her arms through her clothes, Ruoxin said softly: "I have something to go to see the prince." Young Master Guan, go back early, it's cold, wear more clothes, don't catch the cold. It's best to let Mo Mo boil some ginger soup for you to drink. Thank you so much today, I'm very happy. ”
After thinking about it, Ruoxin took out a piece of jade from her neck, untied it and handed it to Guan Jingtian and said: "I have known each other, and I have also been helped by Young Master Guan several times, Ruoxin really has no generous gifts, this jade match has followed Ruoxin for more than ten years, and the jade match can be rotated and separated, and the secret box contains the pills prepared by Ruoxin, although it cannot be brought back to life, when it is critical, it can also delay a little time." Now I give it to you, I hope Young Master Guan will not dislike it. ”
This time it was not just a blush, Guan Jingtian was a little flattered. Tremblingly took the jade match in Ruoxin's hand, her dark and shiny eyes were slightly moist, and Guan Dashao was like a big girl who was in love.
"It won't be a token of love...... "Guan Dashao muttered in a low voice, his heart was pounding, he held the piece of jade that still had Ruoxin's body temperature and pressed it on his chest, turned around quickly, didn't dare to look at Ruoxin, and said roughly, "No need, if you want to go to see Brother Ying, then the young master will ...... first Went first. ”
Stepping down the steps, Guan Jingtian's limbs stiffened, and he even shared his hands and feet from time to time, but his steps were unusually brisk and left Jingyuan. When he walked around the corner, he still looked back from time to time to peek at it, and the smile on his face was like a little mouse that had stolen corn, and he was as happy as a thief.
Young Master Guan, take care......