"Do you know why I was able to leave Shangjing?"

In the end, Shui Yanwei's hand trembled slightly, she took a deep breath and looked at Wen Zhisang, and asked her softly.

"I don't know." Wen Zhisang had to shake his head.

Looking at her dazed and ignorant appearance, Shui Yanwei was desperate in her heart, it turned out that she really didn't know anything, and she didn't care about what she was hiding in her heart. In the end, Shui Yanwei waved away from the summer solstice, and she relaxed and leaned back in her chair.

She turned her head to look at Wen Zhesang and said, "Sister Wen, in fact, I couldn't escape, but I begged the saint, and I told him that I am Sister Wen's best friend, and I will definitely be able to persuade Sister Wen to return to Beijing...... How funny you say, I used this lame excuse to get Holy Protection, so my father had to let him go. Sister Wen, you can always easily get things that others can't get. ”

They were originally the same, they both lost their mothers, and they were both eldest daughters. But they are also different, Wen Zhesang is like the sun in the sky, as soon as she appears, the light of others will become dim, she is always like this, obviously envious and jealous, but she knows nothing.

"If it's just for this ......" Wen Zhesang frowned, "I have a three-year bet with the Holy One, he shouldn't ......"

Shui Yanwei looked at her with a smile: "No, if you like someone, you will want to put her under your nose all the time, and as the king of a country, this is even more so." It's just that for the sake of face, he can't say it clearly. ”

Wen Zhisang suddenly felt a headache, "I only have the affection of a monarch and a minister to the saint, and nothing else." ”

"But I have." Shui Yanwei took a sip of tea and slightly suppressed the surging jealousy, "I am ...... to the saint A deep love. I know that if Sister Wen had such thoughts, she would have been crowned in the sixth palace a long time ago. Fortunately, Sister Wen had no intention, so I had the courage to give it a go. ”

Wen Zhesang only looked at her, and her stretched eyebrows frowned again, "You have a gentle temperament, you are not good at fighting, and the harem is not suitable for you." Although I know that you are stubborn in your bones, and no one can change what you believe, I have to say that you have to think more about it. ”

After getting along for many years, Wen Zhesang vaguely felt that Shui Yanwei had a favorite person, but she could hide her thoughts and didn't tell anyone. After Mrs. Shui died, she kept filial piety for another three years, if it weren't for Lord Shui's intention to marry her off this time, I'm afraid she would have hidden this secret for a longer time.

It's just that the palace is not a good place, it is just a cold cage of grandeur. How many women have red faces and white hair, burying their youth there, to fill the rise and fall of the family.

But in the final analysis, the current saint accepted concubines and nobles as early as the beginning of his accession to the throne, and Shui Yanwei put her full love into a king who was destined to love no one......

Wen Zhesang closed her eyes slightly, and the warm and smoky summer sun made her sleepy. She thought she had always lived clearly, knowing what she wanted and what she didn't want. So she tried her best to make this bet with the saint, and now as long as she has been in office for three years and has made a career, then the Wen family can rest easy. She knew what she was insisting on, so she decisively gave up the open road to enter the palace as a concubine, and instead walked on this single-plank bridge without hesitation.

After a moment's silence, the heat in Shui Yanwei's eyes receded, there was water in her eyes, and her smile was reluctant: "Sister Wen's words are enough, I see that my sister has made up her mind, and I can't persuade her." In this case, I will not bother my sister much, and I will go back to Beijing in a few days, as for my marriage...... I will ask the Holy God again, but I will not obey my father's arrangement, but I might as well rely on myself. ”

Wen Zhesang: "It's not safe on the road recently, I'll arrange someone to send you back when it's over, and you can wait for peace of mind during this period, and you need to bring a few people with you if you want to go out." ”

"Okay, everything is up to Sister Wen." Shui Yanwei got up and was about to say goodbye, but when she raised her feet, she suddenly paused, tilted her head slightly and asked softly, "If I ask Sister Wen to say a few good words to the saint for me...... Sister Ken? ”

Wen Zhisang couldn't answer for a while, she knew that what Shui Yanwei wanted was nothing more than to enter the palace and become that person's concubine, but with her position, she couldn't push her friend into the fire pit - even if Shui Yanwei thought it was her life's goal.

In silence, she shook her head silently.

Shui Yanwei understood, the curvature of her lips expanded, and finally returned to a gentle and polite appearance, "Sister Wen is always so serious, even if my sister wants to go back to Beijing now, I don't want to, let alone let you see the saint and speak for me." ”

After a while, Dongxue came in to change the tea, and before leaving, she saw the rouge boxes on several cases, "My lord, where should these things be placed?" ”

Since Wen Zhesang made the county order, he has been so busy all day long that he has no time to care about makeup and dressing, and he has not used these rouges for more than half a year. Dongxue didn't know whether to put them on the dressing table or put them away.

Wen Zhesang raised his head from the file, his expression was calm, and his eyes were calm, "Put it away, you don't need it." ”

Fuyuki nodded, taking the rouge with her by the way.

After the bookcase, Wen Zhesang's gaze could not be condensed on the file for a long time. Outside the window, a bird with emerald blue feathers "chirped" and landed on the leafy branches, and it jumped a few times, its figure emerged from the branches, and then fluttered its wings, through the wide open window, straight into the study, and landed on the brush stand.

The little kingfisher holds its head high, its big eyes are neat, it looks delicate, maybe its expression is too smart, Wen Zhisang even thinks that it seems to be able to understand human nature.

"Little thing, where did you come from?" Wen Zhesang's voice was low, and he tentatively stretched out his hand, but the little bird was not afraid, but also jumped twice impatiently, rubbing his head against Wen Zhesang's hand.

Its size is not even as big as Wen Zhisang's palm, as if as long as Wen Zhisang holds his hands together and uses a little force, he can make this cute little life stay in his hands forever. But it looks like it's familiar with Wen Zhesang, as if it doesn't know how weak it is.

Wen Zhensang's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and the previous troubles seemed to be swept away. "You should fly to the back kitchen, where there is food. You are so well-behaved, the cooks will definitely not be stingy with a little millet when they see you. ”

The little bird's head tilted, and suddenly, as if it understood, it flapped its wings again, and like a jewel in an emerald blue lake, it quickly scratched out the window and disappeared.

Wen Zhesang's gaze moved with it, and it was not until she was out of sight that she raised her eyes slightly and saw that the clear sky was cloudless.

"What a good situation." She seemed to be muttering. There seems to be a gloomy barrier above the blue sky of Shangjing, which is overwhelming by the warm and dazzling sunlight.

In the guest room, Shui Yanwei was playing with the newly bought rouge gouache, and she dipped her white fingertips in rouge, which was a gentle red.

"Xia Zhi, how many years have you been with me?" Shui Yanwei suddenly picked up a handkerchief to wipe her fingers clean, she couldn't see such an inferior thing. At first glance, I thought that the packaging of these things was delicate and small, but when I really used it, I felt that it was nothing more than that. What is easy to get is always the cheapest.

"Miss Hui, it's been five years." Xia Solstice said.

Shui Yanwei replied casually, "It turns out that it's been so long, I remember that you are the maid given to me by your wife - she has become a housewife from the concubine room, Xia Zhi, you are the one who came out of her hands, but you have to work hard." ”

Xia Zhi looked flustered and knelt down suddenly, "The slave maid is the person who is the young lady, and the death is also the young lady's...... The slave's heartfelt nature towards the young lady can be learned! ”

Shui Yanwei sneered in a low voice, "I won't eat you again, what's the panic?" It's just that I thought of it suddenly, and I just felt it. Alright, look at your timid appearance, you are not as scheming as Madame. Go get me some sour plum soup, it's annoying. ”

"Yes, slave and maid will go." Xia Zhi shrunk his shoulders and hurriedly retreated.

After she left, Shui Yanwei raised her hand to open the rouge box and saw a small note pressed underneath. Realizing that her hands were trembling slightly, she steadied herself and read the little note at a glance, then clutched it tightly, intending to burn it when the lights were lit at night.

Time flies.

The day before leaving, Wen Zhesang thought about finding Xie Yikou and asked a lot. "You must protect yourselves here, don't go head-to-head with those people, and come back as soon as there is a situation."

The mountain bandits came from an unknown source, and I don't know how many people there were. Wen Zhesang's heart was always unstable, but he couldn't think of a reason, so he had to suppress his worries and turn them into words of concern.

Xie Yikou saw that she was always frowning, so he deliberately made the atmosphere lively, and only listened to him: "The people selected by Mr. Baili are all begging for a living in the mountains and forests, and they are flying fast in the mountains like monkeys. In other words, I don't often move in the mountains, so I'm a little inferior, but in order not to worry adults, I promise not to let myself get into trouble. ”

His hippie smile looked as if he was not going to explore the tiger's den in Longtan tomorrow, but to go out.

It was as if I had been touched by something. Wen Zhesang looked up at him, but he was almost burned by the seriousness in his eyes. So she couldn't help but look away, and jokingly said, "Then when you come back, I'll tell you a secret." ”

Xie Yikou's eyes lit up, but after being entangled for most of the day, he couldn't learn the "secret" from Wen Zhesang's mouth in advance.

On this day, a team of about a dozen hunters entered the mountain openly, carrying dry food and tools, and swaggered all the way through the market. Wen Zhesang never showed up, but Jiang Weixi secretly followed to take a look, and came back to tell Wen Zhesang that they had entered the mountain.

This team is led by Xie Yikou and Bai Li Song to investigate in the mountain, there are so many people in the good hall, and this time there are eight at a time, which will always arouse suspicion. So Bailisong thought of an excuse to hunt and went into the mountains openly. As for whether it will arouse suspicion, that's another matter.