Chapter Twenty-Nine: But the heart of the old man is changeable
"It's hard to see you now."
Mo Ran was taken into the palace of the Empress Dowager Yuan by her grandmother, and after finding a light cyan placket feather gauze dress for her, she retreated to the outside of the palace to wait.
Mo Ran looked for prestige, and the man was slowly swaying out from behind the screen, as if he had drunk a lot of wine, and when he got closer, Mo Ran could smell the pungent smell of wine.
She didn't seem to be very surprised by Jiang Junqing's arrival, and after being stunned for two seconds, she figured out the cause and effect, she turned her head to stare at the dress in her hand, "The regent really comes and goes freely anywhere." ”
Her sarcasm, Jiang Junqing turned a deaf ear, leaned on the screen, hugged her chest and stared at her for a long time, and her thin and white back could be faintly seen in the pale pink gauze.
The movement behind her suddenly disappeared again, she turned her head and just met Jiang Junqing's eyes staring at her that seemed to be smiling, she was a little angry by him, mixed with shame, and suddenly her fair face showed a slight flush, "Didn't you see that I was going to change my clothes?" ”
Hearing this, Jiang Junqing was unmoved, but instead of avoiding it, she stared at her and walked towards her, until the two of them could not retreat, Jiang Junqing put her whole person in the corner of the wall and circled her in her arms.
"What are you doing!"
She stared angrily, Jiang Junqing didn't seem to hear it, and she still started to talk to herself.
"I'm a little scared." He pinched a strand of long hair that hung down on his chest, wrapped it around his fingertips, and suddenly spoke for no reason.
Mo Ran didn't react for a while, and asked him, "What are you afraid of?" ”
She had never heard the word "afraid" come out of the Regent's mouth, and she thought it was a novelty.
"I'm afraid that the treasure I've hidden for many years will be coveted." He kept playing with her hair, but suddenly turned his gaze to her face.
Mo Ran suddenly realized the deep meaning of his words, and smiled lightly, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes, "I'm afraid the regent is mistaken, your so-called treasure has never admitted that it is yours." ”
Jiang Junqing raised her eyebrows, and there was a deep meaning in her eyes, "Oh? But she can only be mine, and whoever covets this king will be punished. ”
She knew that Jiang Junqing was domineering, and sometimes she was very childish, so she never argued with him about anything, but the world was that they were not all the way.
"Don't you think that's ridiculous, Lord Regent? This Beihan is surnamed Tang, not to mention a treasure that can be slaughtered. ”
Jiang Junqing's eyes narrowed slightly, and her eyes were sharp, "You can see it when you say that." ”
Mo Ran's eyes passed through him and fell behind, a little melancholy, "As a courtier, how can you say no?" ”
"As long as you speak." Jiang Junqing suppressed a smile and stared at her seriously, "I'll help you." ”
Mo Ran sneered, "Help me? How can you help? You're just a courtier, and even if you might slay dragons one day, you're just a courtier now. She clearly saw the dimming light in the eyes of the man in front of her, and the frozen arc of her lips became more and more indifferent, "Jiang Junqing, you and I are both such selfish people, you will never take a huge risk for me and ask the Holy God for marriage, just like I will not give up the hatred in my heart for you." ”
"Sure enough, you know everything."
"The regent can be checked so quickly by an outsider, so what's so strange in me knowing?"
"Mo Ran, I don't understand, is there anything we can't face together? Why did you push me away? ”
Her thoughts were racing, but her face remained almost indifferent with composure, her lips pursed into a line, and she turned her head away from him.
"Don't you even want to give me a look now?"
Jiang Junqing has always been strategic, always unsurprised in the face of anything, and gives people a feeling that everything is under control, so that even he himself has an illusion that he is omnipotent, but in the face of the same woman, he is so powerless and pale.
She became more and more indifferent, and the anger on his face was even more difficult to hide, "Su Mo ran!" Why don't you believe me? Don't believe I can handle everything? Are the years we've been through together so invaluable in your heart? ”
"Trust?" Mo Ran seemed to be poked at the key, she raised her eyes and glared at Jiang Junqing, "What qualifications do you have to talk to me about trust?" Didn't I give it to you, and how did you do it? You have never told me about your relationship with the Yuan family for so many years! ”
"I don't say it, it's because it's complicated, and I don't want you to worry about it."
"Jiang Junqing! Don't you see it yet? We are not suitable at all, two people in the deep city will always only be suspicious of each other, how can we talk about trust! ”
He frowned in disbelief and laughed out loud, "You could have told me this on the first day we met, so why did you come to provoke me?" You are now relying on the fact that I like you, I have you in my heart, and I am saying these high-sounding truths! ”
Mo Ran didn't want to quarrel with him, she suppressed her anger and raised her lips, "Jiang Junqing, these words really don't seem to come out of your mouth." ”
"I hate you so much, you face that doesn't care about anything."
"Really? Then don't keep saying that you have me in your heart. ”
If the eyes can be turned into real objects, the two must be full of holes at this moment.
The two stared at each other, not saying a word, and fell into an eerie silence around them, their eyes sour but stubbornly unwilling to turn their heads away, if anyone couldn't stand it and avoided each other, it was like losing in this battle.
After a while, Jiang Junqing finally put down his hands in vain as if he was deflated, he stared at Mo Ran, retreated step by step, and there was a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth.
He walked to the door, pushed open the wooden door with both hands, and a sentence floated behind him, "Jiang Junqing, you will die for me from now on." ”
The woman who once loved you so much is indeed dead.
He didn't look back, didn't say a word, and paused when he heard the words, but soon returned to his usual routine, and strode out of the house.
Mo Ran was stunned for a long time before picking up the clothes that had fallen on the ground and continuing to put them on, she walked to the bronze mirror and forced herself to raise her lips before walking out of the house.
Mama was waiting outside the hall, and Mo Ran knew that she had been delayed for a long time, and said a little embarrassed, "Mama, I'm sorry for delaying your time." ”
Mama smiled respectfully and shook her head, "It's okay. ”
Then the two turned back to the hall together, Mo Ran found a seat and sat down, and Mama stood back beside the Queen Mother.
Mo Ran poured a glass of wine and secretly moved his gaze to the opposite side, the man didn't put his eyes on her anymore, looking at the woman dancing on the round platform in the hall, and Liang Ru beside him said something from time to time, and laughed to himself.
This scene gave her a sense of trance, feeling that it was not Jiang Junqing who was entangled with her in the Queen Mother's dormitory, she put down the wine cup in her hand, and felt a little ridiculous.