At night, it's slightly cool.

The bloodshot in Xiao Lian's eyes had not yet dissipated, and the stubble had grown a little from his chin, and he looked a little hungover. It's just that he doesn't smell of alcohol at all.

He gently pushed open the small courtyard where the subordinates lived in the palace. The refreshing sandalwood didn't make him feel even a little better.

Unexpectedly, Yang Minzhi did not sleep, he sat quietly under the dim light of the oil lamp, and his craggy back was supported under the light clothes, making him look like he was ten years old. Hearing that the door of his courtyard was opened, Yang Minzhi raised his head slightly, and when he saw that it was Xiao Lian, he lowered his eyelids again, and didn't say hello.

Xiao Lian was not annoyed, and walked in with his feet. The rich sandalwood suddenly came to his face, choking Xiao Lian's brows and frowning: "Such a strong sandalwood is not used to calm the nerves, you want to stun yourself." ”

Yang Minzhi half-lowered his eyes and replied without raising his head: "I sleep lightly, I am used to smelling this smell, if the smell is weak, I can't smell it." ”

Xiao Lian picked a chair and sat down, picked up the teapot on the table and glanced at it, the tea was cold, and put the teapot back with interest. Xiao Lian snorted and said, "Did I deduct your monthly salary?" You can't even drink a cup of hot tea? ”

Yang Minzhi said helplessly: "When did you give me a monthly salary?" ”

Xiao Lian recalled for a moment, as if there was indeed no such thing, and smiled awkwardly: "You play disappear from time to time, it's not appropriate to give you a monthly salary." ”

Yang Minzhi glanced at Xiao Lian coldly: "You came to me in the middle of the night, just to drink tea?" Is there no money in the palace? ”

Xiao Lian looked at Yang Minzhi, a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, and asked lightly, "Why do you want to kill Wang Shaoming?" Xiao Lian's voice was steady, and his face was not shocked, as if he was just asking Yang Minzhi: "Have you eaten?" ”

Yang Minzhi raised his head in some surprise, glanced at Xiao Lian, and sneered: "When did I think about killing Miss Wang?" ”

Xiao Lian's voice seemed to float from another place, flat and distant, and he couldn't hear joy or anger: "I thought about it all night before I figured it out." We all thought that the target of the bandits' kidnapping was Ah Ying, because Miss Wang was in our car. Later I found out that I was wrong in the first place. ”

Yang Minzhi turned his face to Xiao Lian, and one side of his cheek was illuminated by the bright moon outside the window. He looked at Xiao Lian as if he was quite interested: "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Xiao Lian sighed: "The original target at the beginning was Miss Wang. The mountain bandits did not kidnap the wrong person. I thought it was the Xu family who wanted to take revenge on A-Ying, so they bought off the mountain bandits. But Yan Qing once told me that the first employer was looking for him, and it was three days before Miss Wang was tied up, he said that he wanted a woman in the palace of Nanjun County. Miss Wang has always been regarded as a guest by me, so I have never associated the words 'the woman of the Nanjun Palace' with her. ”

Yang Minzhi sneered: "Shouldn't the woman of the Nanjun Mansion be the princess she refers to?" ”

Xiao Lian smiled coldly: "If A-Ying is in the mansion, then that's right." But that day was the emperor's birthday, and it just so happened that the congratulatory gift I gave to the emperor needed to take time to arrange, so this person was not Ah Ying. ”

Yang Minzhi said with a smile: "Even so, why did I want to harm Miss Wang again?" I've been with you all the time. I also tied a few firecrackers to Suzaku Street. ”

Xiao Lian's well-defined fingers lightly tapped on the table: "It is precisely because of this that I doubt you even more." ”

Yang Min was stunned and looked at Xiao Lian inexplicably.

Xiao Lian sighed: "If you don't count the maids, there are only three women in the Nanjun Palace, Ah Ying, Xu Wanyu and Wang Shaoming. Xu Wanyu pretending to be crazy and stupid will not leave the Plum Courtyard easily. So as long as A-Ying is guaranteed not to return to the palace, there is only one woman in the Nanjun Palace, Wang Shaoming. That's exactly what you can do. ”

Yang Minzhi said quietly: "You can too." ”

Xiao Lian nodded: "Indeed, I can too." The only people who can guarantee that A-Ying will not return home on the emperor's birthday, and who can know for the first time that Miss Wang is going to enjoy the peach blossoms, are the only two of us. But I'm not the murderer, so it's you. ”

Yang Minzhi sneered: "Don't you think what you said is a bit far-fetched. ”

The corners of Xiao Lian's mouth hooked up a smile and continued: "When Yanqing didn't take over this business, the big boss came to the employer and said that he was willing to take it. The big boss who had been on standby finally waited for the opportunity on the day when Miss Wang enjoyed the flowers. ”

Xiao Lian shook his head, and said helplessly: "It's also a coincidence that these mountain bandits actually chose to camp behind a peach forest, such a place with good mountains and rivers, and it didn't even take much effort to arrange the horse-drawn carriage." ”

Yang Minzhi's eyelashes cast a dark shadow on the side of the knife-cut nose, making his skin look a little pale and white: "The person who proposed to go to enjoy the peach blossoms that day was Ah Ying." Under the pretext of not going to see the peach blossoms, you are the one who wants Ji Shang and Miss Wang to be alone. What does it have to do with me? ”

The curvature of the corners of Xiao Lian's mouth was slightly provoked, but his eyes became colder and colder: "So you didn't tell the mountain bandits how many people there would be in the cart, and deliberately let them underestimate the enemy, and only sent five people to intercept the carriage of the palace." If it weren't for the fact that Miss Wang didn't know how to be controlled by others, those five people wouldn't even be able to beat Ji Shang. If there were me and A-Ying in the car, there would only be five masked corpses on that road. ”

Yang Minzhi sneered: "So, didn't you hurt Miss Wang." ”

Xiao Lian asked in a deep voice, "Why?" Why would you want to harm an innocent person? ”

Yang Minzhi looked at Xiao Lian funny: "Do you think she is innocent?" Do you know what her purpose is in the palace? ”

Xiao Lian's eyebrows were raised: "I know Taichang Wang Ci's abacus." ”

Yang Minzhi was angry and funny: "Since you know, your response is actually to hope that she and Ji Shang will develop a real relationship?" ”

Xiao Lian said coldly: "What's wrong? ”

Yang Minzhi finally laughed: "I thought you were still a little smart, but you turned out to be a fool." If Wang Shaoming didn't have an accident, Wang Ci proposed to make Wang Shaoming the princess in the court, and you couldn't refuse at all. ”

Xiao Lian's fingers pressed hard on the table, and the joints were a little white: "Then you are going to use such an obscene yin damage trick?" ”

Yang Minzhi casually tucked the long hair that fell on his chest: "I'm already very merciful, I didn't say I wanted her life at the beginning, I just wanted her innocence." ”

Xiao Lian was furious: "You are too despicable! ”

Yang Minzhi looked at Xiao Lian mockingly: "You are so angry, could it be that you are moved by her?" ”

Xiao Lian couldn't wait to punch Yang Minzhi in the face: "Miss Wang and Ji Shang are already in love, as long as it drags on for a little longer, this matter will take a turn for the better, and they will be happy when they come, what's wrong?" ”

"All happy?" Yang Minzhi seemed to have heard a very funny joke: "In such a world, you actually want to ask everyone to be happy?" ”

Xiao Lian said angrily: "But do you know that after this incident, A-Ying hasn't slept well for a few days?" A-Ying is not such a ruthless and despicable person. She might be even more upset if she knew you did it. Do you know, Xiao, Zhao, karma! ”

A crack appeared on Yang Minzhi's pale and indifferent face, and then his eyes became sharp: "You know everything? ”

Xiao Lian stared at Yang Minzhi deadly, his eyes full of anger.

Yang Minzhi didn't dwell on this question either, and continued: "Do you think I made a move on Wang Shaoming for A-Ying? ”

Xiao Lian was stunned, followed by even more anger: "What did you say? ”

Yang Minzhi looked at Xiao Lian with some amusement: "You are a person who only thinks about women, how did you still be crowned as an imperial grandson, is it really the ancestral tomb that is smoking." “

Xiao Lian looked at the "ancestor" in front of him and sneered: "Look at your current appearance, isn't it you who is emitting green smoke above your head." ”

Yang Minzhi was too lazy to argue with Xiao Lian, and said lightly: "Since you already know my identity, it doesn't hurt to tell you so much." Why do you think I disobeyed the will of God and insisted on marrying A-Ying? ”

Xiao Lian's thick eyebrows twisted shallowly, isn't it because you sent A-Ying down to earth? But Xiao Lian didn't say this.

Yang Minzhi sighed: "Maybe our emperor didn't realize that his jealousy of the Wang family has reached this point. My naïve second uncle thought that he was on good terms with Wang Rong and had the support of the Wang family, and he would be able to shake the status of the former crown prince. But it was precisely the one-sided support of the Wang family that consolidated my father's position as the prince. ”

Xiao Lian said: "But Princess Wenhui is also from the Wang family. ”

Yang Minzhi said with a smile: "The mother concubine is too deferential and cowardly by nature, and she has long been a dispensable outcast of the Wang family. Otherwise, how could Wang Rong, as a squire of the Prince's Mansion, go to the West Mansion. ”

Xiao Lian said: "So you marry A-Ying, it seems to be against the will of God, but in fact, it is in line with the holy will?" ”

Yang Minzhi shook his head: "Actually, it's not." At that time, it was really against the will of God. But that's the only way I can get a chance to get on top in the future. ”

Xiao Lian gradually came back to his senses: "Instead of marrying the daughter of a powerful minister, it is better to marry the daughter of a noble clan with a vain name, so that not only will you not be feared, but you can also win the unconditional support of the He family." ”

Yang Minzhi's finger tapped Xiao Lian: "You're still not too stupid." ”

Xiao Lian's clenched hand was placed on the placket of his clothes, and his clenched fist made the gauze hoop wrapped around his hand enter the wound that had just formed a scab, and a trace of blood seeped out of his palm and dripped onto the placket of Yuebai's clothes. "Why do you keep lying to her? Did you know that she has been waiting for you? ”

"Wait for me?" Yang Minzhi laughed and said, "I think she's very happy." ”

When he said this, he glanced at Xiao Lian meaningfully.

Xiao Lian was furious and punched Yang Minzhi in the face.

But the fist had just touched Yang Minzhi's face, and his arm suddenly hung down as if it had suddenly been stripped of its strength. A palpitation came, Xiao Lian's pupils shrank suddenly, he raised his head, and saw Yang Minzhi hanging his head, hiding the corners of his mouth slightly hooked in the dark.

"What did you do?" Soon, not only his arms, but also Xiao Lian's legs began to tremble as if they couldn't bear their own weight.

Apparently he didn't eat anything? Why do I still get poisoned?

Yang Minzhi's body, which had been curled up in the shadows, stretched out. Xiao Lian saw that all the clothes on his body were stained with blood. A clearly visible mark of blood on his wrist had clotted.

Yang Minzhi exhaled heavily: "You are really powerful, such a heavy dose of drug is a cow who is fascinated." If you hadn't been angry and your blood was surging faster, you would have lasted a little longer. ”

"Why are you okay?" Xiao Lian barely managed to keep his legs straight.

Yang Minzhi laughed softly: "You are really a noble person who forgets things, I am not a living person, and I don't need to breathe." ”

Yang Minzhi stretched out his hand to push the screen away a little, revealing the couch of the screen. In front of the couch of the twisted silk, a strange but very familiar pattern was drawn with blood.

Xiao Lian's pupils shrank suddenly, the world in front of him seemed to be spinning, and the threshold of the small courtyard turned into a water snake, making him unable to cross it.

But no, you can't just die. can't let Xiao Zhaoye return to He Jingying like this.

Xiao Lian grabbed the threshold with his hand and sent half of his body out.

Yang Minzhi walked out of the house, put his hand lightly on Xiao Lian's body, and easily dragged Xiao Lian back.

Xiao Lian's eyes were red, and his fingers couldn't even grasp the threshold.

"Why?" Xiao Lian asked hoarsely.

Yang Minzhi sneered: "Why? Do you want me to watch you stand in front of the Jinluan Palace in the crown dress of the imperial grandson? Let me watch you enjoy everything that belongs to me? Still watching you take A-Ying away? ”

Xiao Lian bit the tip of his tongue, and suddenly the strong smell of rust filled his entire mouth. The pain from the tip of his tongue finally made Xiao Lian sober up a little. He punched Yang Minzhi in the face with a backhand, stumbled and ran out again.

He can't die yet, He Jingying doesn't know that he is in danger!

Yang Minzhi spit out a broken tooth from his mouth, angrily picked up the teapot on the table and knocked it on Xiao Lian's head, blood flowing from Xiao Lian's forehead.

Xiao Lian opened his mouth and wanted to shout, but his throat seemed to be paralyzed, and he could only make a "ho-ho" sound.

But you can't die. There are still so many things that have not been done, and so many things that have not been said.

How can A-Ying be returned to such a person?

But the darkness gradually crept in. Xiao Lian is like a person who has fallen into a quagmire, slowly sinking little by little, sinking into boundless darkness.

Ankles, knees, waist, chest, neck, until darkness covers the jaw and nose.

His hands waved in vain in the void, but there wasn't even a straw around him.

After Yang Minzhi hit Xiao Lian hard, his body shook, and he held on to the table a little weakly. Yang Minzhi's body is really too weak, and it took a lot of blood to set up the formation before, and now he is a little dizzy.

Fortunately, Xiao Lian had already inhaled enough drugs, and he should be powerless if he struggled for a while.

Yang Minzhi simply leaned on the edge of the table, watching Xiao Lian cling to the threshold like a person drowning in the water, making a final futile struggle.

……

……

Early in the morning, He Jingying woke up a little tired. Had a nightmare last night.

Since Chun'er left, He Jingying has not used a personal maid again. She didn't bother to call the maid at this time, so she got out of bed barefoot and opened the door.

Outside the door, "Xiao Lian" stood there against the light.

He Jingying: "Why are you here?" ”

Xiao Lian smiled slightly: "A-Ying, I'm back." ”

That smile implied a reunion after a long absence.

(End of chapter)