Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Night of the Rainstorm
After the sweltering heat, dark clouds gathered. A heavy rain poured down. After dinner, Iris sat in front of the window in a daze. Maybe it was because I got up too early, and the coral was sleepy. Iris told her to rest too. I want to be alone for a while.
So he sat in front of the window and watched the rain wash the ground. The autumn solar term has just begun, and it is still a little cool at night.
So he reached out to close the window, but saw a black cat with shining green eyes, and jumped up at some point and squatted in front of the window. Iris recognized the cat, and thanks to the cat who helped her the day before yesterday, she was not discovered by the king.
I saw that it was wet by the rain and shrunk into a pitiful mass. The iris relented and hugged it tightly into the room. Casually put it on the dresser, turned around and went to find a soft cloth to wipe it off.
Unexpectedly, just found the cloth and turned around, but disappeared, "meow", the iris heard the sound and looked, only to see the black cat, holding the silver hairpin she had unloaded, standing in front of the door and barking at herself.
Iris was a little depressed, why did this kitten not let go of his hairpin, so he crossed his waist and pretended to be angry and said: "Come back quickly, otherwise I will be angry." ”
But the cat paid no attention to her, looked at her, and went out into the rain, and Iris had no choice but to chase after her. The cat did not run around, but ran in one direction, and if it was far away from the iris, it stayed where it was and looked at the iris as if it were waiting for her.
At first, Iris only wanted to recover the hairpin, but later found that the road became more and more familiar, and after a closer look, the cat actually led him to the old abandoned palace. I couldn't help but beat a drum in my heart. Seeing that the cat easily jumped onto the wall, and glanced at the irise, he jumped towards the palace. Iris stood there and didn't know what to do.
That yard was too weird. But for some reason, she was always thinking about it. Let's get the hairpin back first. Iris hinted at to herself. Seeing that there was no one around, he quietly pushed open the palace door and squeezed in.
The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, it was raining heavily, and the iris couldn't see the road clearly, so he could only stand in place and shout: "Meow? Where are you? Give me the hairpin. After shouting a few times and no cat answered, Iris couldn't help but regret that he was reckless.
I was about to turn back, but the rain on my head stopped. Standing up straight and looking up, the man she met at noon put his coat on top of her head, which made her stop getting rainy.
"Let's go inside, it's raining too much." The man said. Seeing Iris standing on the ground stupidly, he grinned, took Iris's hand and ran to the study. The iris did not let go of his hand, let him pull it, and the two of them entered the study.
In the study, the gap in the missing tiles was exposed to rain, and the rain fell straight into the jade bowl on the table. It was pitch black, and only the breathing of the two could be heard. "It's dark." Iris said timidly.
The man seemed to come back to his senses and hurriedly said, "You wait."
So he hurriedly turned around and rummaged in the cabinet behind him, and after a while, a dusty box was found. The minifigure carefully opened the box, and a huge night pearl suddenly illuminated the dark environment.
The man's face was even whiter when it was illuminated by the Night Pearl. Iris looked at his face that was extremely similar to that of the king, and couldn't help but be stunned. Seeing that Iris was looking at himself intently, the man was actually subdivided and shy. "Who the hell are you?" Iris asked.
The man seemed to know that Iris was going to ask himself, but he was not in a hurry to respond, put the night pearl on the lampstand, found a place to sit down and looked at Iris and said, "Who are you?" ”
Iris was depressed, obviously he asked him first, how could he ask himself in turn. Besides, didn't you say it all before? Seeing that Iris was a little displeased, the man looked at her and said with a smile: "You said that you are the king's concubine, but your appearance, according to my understanding of the king, will not accept you as a concubine."
What's more, you have the things of the Qingmang Palace. And your hairpin, you keep saying it's yours. But it was my mother's. "Mother? Are you a prince? But I have never heard that the king has brothers?"
Iris said suspiciously. Hearing the word brother, the man's face was gloomy, and a trace of viciousness flashed in his eyes. said to Iris: "Tell me, what is your identity and what is the purpose of entering the palace." You say it, and I can tell you who I am. ”
For some reason, the person in front of her reminded Iris of the young man on the flower slope more than the king, so Iris did not resist her, so she talked about herself: "My real body is an iris." When I was not yet formed, I fell in love with a boy who came to Huapo every day.,Later, when the boy disappeared, I transformed into a human form and came to Fuyuan.。 Later, I happened to find that the king was the young man. So with the help of my young lady and the son, I entered the palace. I don't have any purpose. I just want to be there for him, and it's good to watch from afar. ”
With an incredulous expression on the man's face, he looked at Iris carefully, and Iris continued, "The estimator's workshop belongs to the young lady's family. I saw that the hairpin had the smell of the young man, so I stayed. I didn't know it was your mother's thing. Iris's voice became smaller and smaller, and her heart was full of grievances.
"But that iris slope near the Qiongshuang Country?" The man looked at Iris in surprise, and when Iris heard him say Huapo's address, he couldn't help but look at the person in front of him as if he had been struck by lightning.
Could it be him? Did you make a mistake? Seeing Iris stay in place and looking at him, the man silently stretched out his hand and spread out his palm, and a small scratch on his palm was reflected in Iris's eyes. Outside the house, lightning crackled in the air as if it were about to shatter the dreams of a sleeping man.
Iris thought that he had been searching all the way, and the person that Yueqi had worked so hard to find for himself turned out to be wrong. I can't help but feel a little lost. But the appearance of the person in front of him suddenly ignited the fire in his heart.
The man raised his hand, slowly landed on the forehead of the iris, patted it gently, turned around and stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the rainstorm outside, and recalled: "I, I am also a prince." ”
Iris looked at him in shock, his face was pale, he stood there, and the corners of his eyes were sad and told his story: "From the day I landed, my mother warned me that as a prince, I should be careful in everything. Thou shalt not do anything over my brother. Although my body is no different from that of ordinary people, I still have to eat a lot of medicinal food every day.
Whenever I needed to show up with my brother, my mother would prepare a bucket of ice water for me to soak until I was sick. Over time, even I believed that I was a prince who was not in good health and would die suddenly. ”
With that, he pursed his lips. He closed his eyes and continued: "Brother Wang is good at martial arts and understands literature and ink. But I can only study secretly behind my back, and every time my father checks the spot, I have to pretend that I can't. At first, I didn't understand, why? I'm also a prince, why do I have to do this?
It wasn't until I saw the queen that I slapped her hard when I saw that the concubine's clothes were slightly bright, but she could only stand up with a smile and wipe the blood stains from the corners of her mouth. That's when I found out. I can't be reckless, that would cause trouble for my mother.
Until one day, I was bullied by Brother Wang's subordinates, and by chance I was seen by Uncle Qingmang, who stopped those minions sharply. Tell me that boys need to be able to protect themselves and their families. He was willing to teach me some of the techniques of cultivation in private, and in order to avoid any extraneous complications, he avoided many eyes and ears and secretly took me to the flower slope, where I could relax and see the people I liked. ”
As he spoke, he glanced at Iris, who blushed and lowered her head.