Chapter 40: In distress, hide your identity
I'm a little weak-hearted, I've always been Yun Jihan who arranged everything for me, and he knows me well. And what I gave Yun Jihan, he didn't say he didn't like it, except for the Zifei incident, nothing went wrong!
"Brother Prince, except for his strange temper and small heart, he has no other shortcomings." I said something casually, and I wanted to send her away.
"Really?" Yang Suyi asked, "But I heard from the fourth prince that in order not to let his sister be bullied, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered that the princess of Allure should not be allowed to step into Baoyue Palace!" ”
I glanced back at Chunhua and squeezed my eyes at her, and this is the matter?
Chunhua nodded.
I said, why did Cloud Allure stop so much?
"Hehe......" I was even more puzzled by the second monk, and said, "Actually, I don't know why." ”
"Oh! The fourth prince told me. Yang Suyi said, "It's because Princess Allure did something to your horse, causing your sister to fall off the horse during a polo match, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is just a small punishment and a big commandment." ”
I looked back at Chunhua again, and Chunhua nodded again.
Yun Jihan, Yun Jihan, what have you done where I can't see?
After Yang Suyi's death, I began to sort out the relics of the former empress, in addition to the portrait and a few landscape paintings, there was also a jade flute that attracted my attention.
I put the jade flute in the sun, and the translucent jade flute shone with a slight cyan light, and the jade flute was carved with irises on it.
I put the jade flute to my lips and blew it gently, the sound of the flute was crisp and long, and I forgot about it for a while, and I played it for half an hour before putting it down.
"Master, where did you learn this song? The slave maid hadn't heard of it, but it was really pleasant to the ear. Chunhua began to boast again.
I didn't answer, silently rubbing the lines of the jade flute.
Qingluan, who was combing Xiao Jiu's hair on the side, suddenly said: "This "Bird Song" is very popular in the community, and it was created by Lu Ji, the musician of Lanxiangfang back then."
"The first half of this song is cheerful, and the second half is sad, as if it can evoke the greatest happiness and pain in people's memories, it seems that the musician Lu Ji is a powerful character." Akimi also joined the group chat.
Qingluan said: "This song was made for a woman who was a smash hit back then, and it ended that woman's poor life."
Qingluan's voice trembled, she must have thought of Huang Qi'er's death, although I also felt that I died a little miserably last time, but after all, it was over, I changed the topic and said: "My biological mother is really a talented girl with six arts."
"Yes! Back then, the first queen was the first talented woman in the capital. Chunhua said, "Actually, master, you Bing Xue are smart, as long as you work a little hard, how can the title of the first talented woman be the turn of Princess Allure?" ”
I put the flute down and rummaged through the bamboo box, where there was a folding fan. The folding fan is a man's thing, and I spread it out curiously, and there is no ink on the fan, which is strange. I put the fan back in, and at the bottom of the box, I found a sword.
Flutes, fans, and swords, isn't this the standard for merry knights?
The sword is nothing special, but the sword spike is different, it is a jade ornament of a blue irise. There are many flower languages of irises, but the blue iris flower language is very special, which has the meaning of the flower language of secret love and admiration, and can be given to the admiring women, praising it as elegant and generous as the blue iris to express their admiration.
This, is this the preference of the first queen? Or was it given by the man who admired her?
Empress Xian, what kind of person are you?
In the evening of that day, Yun Jihan came, and he looked at me reading obediently, and seemed very satisfied. I pointed to the small stack of books on my desk and said, "Look at my results."
Yun Jihan stroked my loose hair and said, "Study hard, and when you have a wide vision, you can see the long term, so as not to be deceived."
"Alas!" I put down the book, sat up, patted Yun Jihan on the shoulder and said, "I'm standing on the shoulders of giants, I can't see far enough?" ”
Yun Jihan grabbed my hand and said, "No need Brother Xie."
"Uh...... Didn't you just want to find a reason not to let me out of the palace? ”
I suddenly remembered something, withdrew my hand, turned the scroll I was reading just now into a cylindrical microphone, acted as a reporter, and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, may I ask, what is your favorite food?"
I put the microphone under Yun Jihan's chin, stared wide-eyed, and blinked vigorously.
"Meat." Yun Jihan thought for a moment and replied.
I asked, "And what color do you hate the most?"
Yun Jihan frowned and replied, "Bai."
"Then you ......"
Yun Jihan opened the microphone, stared at me and said, "There are so many problems today."
I told Yun Jihan about today's events, Yun Jihan shook his head, pinched my face, and said, "Don't say that you are my sister."
"That's why I'm visiting you now! Make amends for evil, lest one day it touch your brow and provoke you. "I defended myself a little.
Yun Jihan said, "Your words are fine."
I was moved again, and said, "You will spoil me!"
Yun Jihan smiled: "I'm willing!"
"Yi'er......" Yun Jihan suddenly became serious again, and he asked, "Do you want to leave the palace?"
I leaned back, this man, what kind of conspiracy is there?
"What do you say? I didn't hear that clearly. "I tried to pinch my thigh, it hurt, it wasn't a dream.
"Do you want to get out of the palace?"
"Yes!" I put my hands up.
Yun Jihan smiled, put my two arms down, and said, "Are you a monkey?"
I nodded again and again and said, "As long as I can get out of the palace, let me pretend anything!" I put my arm around Yun Jihan, pointed out the window and said, "If I were that cloud, how good!"
Yun Jihan pulled my head and said, "There is thunder!"
"Then I'll be a little river."
"There is an embankment!"
"Then I'll be a butterfly."
"Butterflies can't fly to the sea." Yun Jihan was unhappy when he saw me, and said: "Gains and losses, fools do things, I am not here, you have to learn by yourself."
"It sounds like goodbye, you are not allowed to say that." I leaned on Yun Jihan's shoulder.
"You're still worried about me?"
"You are my third brother." I buried my head in his arms, and remained silent for a long time, letting him stroke my hair.
When it comes to death, I'm a little afraid, if Yun Jihan has an accident and Chengguo loses this battle, won't I be kissed? Marrying the old emperor of Rong State, just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.
It was night, I was holding the wordless folding fan, and I always felt that there was some information in it. I picked it up and took a picture of it in front of the fire, but it didn't happen, and I threw it into a basin of water, and after it was soaked, it didn't show any words. Looks like a special potion is needed.
couldn't solve the puzzle and couldn't sleep, so he secretly stunned everyone again, put on a night suit, and sneaked into Fengyi Palace, hoping to get some unexpected gains.
I lit a fire fold and groped around in the hall, although it was dilapidated, it was quite neat, I fiddled with a few vases, and found that they were not mechanisms, and twisted a few candlesticks, and there was no movement, how could it be different from the novel? I felt sorry in my heart, and went into the study, where the books were neatly stacked in rows, and I flipped through a few of them, but I didn't find any secret letters or anything like that. It seems that after the death of the first queen, someone came to deal with it. The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone placed on the table were not taken away, and the rest was a book called "Jingshan Miscellaneous", which I also read, and it was a collection of works by a great writer in Chengguo, I turned two pages casually, and found that some of the words on this book were circled, and I turned a few more pages, and sure enough, there were also words circled.
I had a bold guess in my mind, could this be a codebook?
I turned around and flipped through the books on the shelves again, and to make sure that there was nothing left, so I took the "Miscellaneous Notes of the Quiet Mountain" into my arms and prepared to leave.
"Squeaky ......"
The door was suddenly pushed open, and I was so frightened that I quickly hid behind the screen, and a dark figure walked in, also dressed in a night suit, and when he came in, he did not rummage through like me, but stood by the wall, as if staring at something. I remembered that there seemed to be a landscape painting hanging on that wall, could it be that this painting was mysterious?
The man turned around and suddenly said, "Come out!"
The voice......
I had been holding my breath just now, and he could still feel my presence, I didn't know that his martial arts were so unfathomable.
My master, Uncle Li.
I walked from behind the screen to the door, the fire had just been blown out by me, and I looked at the silver mask on his face by the moonlight. Standing on the opposite side of him, you can see him more clearly, Uncle Li at this time is cold, mysterious, and a little cruel.
"I didn't teach you martial arts." Uncle Li hit the nail on the head.
I asked rhetorically: "You are the one who pretended to be a ghost to scare the eighth princess?"
Uncle Li slowly took off the mask on his face, revealing that elegant face, but pointed the sword in his hand at me and said, "What are you doing here?"
I asked him, "What about you?"
I looked at the painting behind me: Dongxue Hanmei, I asked him, "What is your relationship with the former queen?"
Uncle Li hooked the corners of his lips slightly, he put down the sword in his hand, and said, "I can't imagine that you and I haven't seen each other for many years, but we will meet again in such a situation."
"Master......" I clenched my fists and asked, "Who are you?"
"Who am I?" Uncle Li approached me step by step and said, "Yi'er, I'm naturally coming back to help you!"
"Help me?" A hand behind me had already touched the crack in the door, and if he attacked me, I could get out as soon as I could.
Li Shuye said: "Yun Jihan is unreliable, he is just using you."
"I know." I replied, "Even if you take refuge in Yun Jifei, isn't it the same?" ”
Uncle Li was stunned and said, "You have become smarter, it seems that you have learned a lot of things by Yun Jihan's side over the years."
I said, "What do you have to do with the former queen?" ”
"It's okay, I'm here to find you!"
Uncle Li held the door with one hand, circled me in front of him with the other, and said, "I can't see it during the day, so I have to be a gentleman on the beam at night, and when I see that you are not in Baoyue Palace, I will come here to try my luck."
He came to me?
"Good boy......" Li Shuye whispered, "Do you miss Master?" ”
"You said you wouldn't save me that day! What kind of master! "I was surrounded by his plum fragrance and tried to escape, but at some point, his hand against the door was put behind my head and stroked my hair.
He smiled helplessly and said, "If you do that kind of stupid and dangerous thing in the future, I really won't save it!"
He bowed his head, imprinted a kiss on my forehead, slowly hugged me into his arms, and said, "Long time no see!"
His voice was as warm as water, and at once it dissolved all the awkwardness in my heart, but I still pushed him away, angrily wanted to take off my earrings, and said, "Who is rare about your things!" Come when you want, go when you want! Leave not a word left! ”
He grabbed my hand and jokingly said, "Pick it!" Pick it up! I have made a few new sets, and I will ask Zhong Xuan to send them to your palace tomorrow. ”
"Humph!" I shook my head and muttered, "You're all in this together!" ”
He, Yang Zhongxuan, is a member of the Four Princes.
"Are you worthy of my grandfather's cultivation? If your grandfather knew what you were thinking, he would be angry! ”
I stepped on him, he was in pain, but he didn't hide, just laughed, he pursed his lips and said, "Silly girl, Master and you are the same group."
"Huh!" I glanced at me and said, "Now it's almost like it again!" Dare to call yourself Master! ”
Uncle Li smiled shallowly, showing his neat white teeth, and said, "If you don't learn well with Yun Jihan, why do you hold grudges so much?" He stroked the shredded hair from my sideburns, rested his head on his hand holding the door, and said, "I won't go."
I want to escape from his arms, I covet his face that looks like Han Ziyuan, not his person. Once upon a time, I was a child's body, and I didn't feel anything when I was held by him like this. I miss him, but now this posture is unfamiliar to me, and I feel even more strange in my heart.
"Squeaky ......"
There was another strange sound of the door opening, and Uncle Li and I each gave each other a hint of a look, and then they dispersed in unison, hiding on both sides of the door, silent, Uncle Li put his mask back on, and I also covered the veil on my face, and listened carefully to the movement outside.
"Squeak!" There was another sound of pushing the door, judging by the direction, it should be the location of the Fengyi Palace's dormitory. I immediately remembered the "Hundred Ghosts Night Walk" token, and this uninvited guest so late was probably coming for it. The corners of my mouth curled slightly, and I was glad I was on the first step. I became a little interested in this mysterious person, so I tiptoed to open the window secretly, but was pressed back by a pair of big hands, it was Uncle Li.
I frowned, squeezed his eyes, and signaled that he was okay like this, but Uncle Li shook his head at night, so he didn't care so much, I knocked off his hand that was stopping, and was stunned to poke the window paper through the hole, Uncle Li shook his head helplessly, clenched the sword in his hand and prepared at any time, I leaned my eyes over, and saw a man standing in the courtyard, wearing a black cloak, and the moonlight could not shine on his face at all.
The door of the main hall of Fengyi Palace was hidden, and after a while, two men who were also wearing black cloaks walked out of it, the cloaks were very large, and the sight was not good, and only two chins with bearded stubble could be seen.
One of them arched his hand and said, "Master! Didn't find it. ”
The man in black who was standing raised his hand slightly, revealing the corners of his cuffs, which were as red as blood.
It can't be such a coincidence, right? I looked the figure up and down again, and it did bear some resemblance to the "old fox" who liked to wear red.
The man suddenly pointed his finger at me, so frightened that I unconsciously took a step back, just when I was supported by Uncle Li, and I heard the man outside say, "Search here."
"Yes!"
I don't know what's going to do, where are we two big living people going to hide?
Uncle Li took my hand at night and whispered in my ear, "You can take advantage of the chaos to go first in a while!" Don't look back! ”
I saw that his sword was out of the sheath, and suddenly he was not calm, one against three, I don't think he had much chance of winning, he pulled me to hide at the door, my hands were already cold, but his hands were colder than mine, I saw the deep killing intent in his eyes, he was like this, and the image in the warm jade day was very different, he, should not have a dual personality?
"Master...... I ......"
Before I finished speaking, the door had been opened, and the two of them entered the study and went straight inside, not noticing us, Li Shuye suddenly got up, rushed behind the two, raised his sword to assassinate, the two also felt the killing intent, turned around to kill, and the next moment, a black shadow rushed in from outside the door and joined the battle, so that it was a scimitar, not a whip. The four of them were entangled in a dark shadow.
"Who?" A black-cloaked subordinate asked Uncle Li for a while.
Uncle Li didn't answer at night, just glanced at me, I bit my lower lip, and got up and walked out of the study.
"Hugh away!" The so-called "master" turned around and wanted to chase me, and I had already flown into the room, and Li Shuye approached the side of the man's neck with a sword, and the man could only turn back to deal with Li Shuye's attack.
I didn't have time to take a second look, thinking that my identity could not be revealed, so I hurried back. The hour is not early, I am worried that Chunhua Qiushi will wake up, so I can only go back to Baoyue Palace first, but I can no longer sleep, I listened carefully to the movement outside the palace in bed, and there was nothing to do all night, that is, the fight between several of them was not discovered. But even so, I still can't give up, I really want to go out of the palace to explore, I don't know if Uncle Li escaped at night, and even, is he still alive? In the end, I didn't even dare to think that if he died like this......
The feeling of worry in my heart made me fidget all morning, Xiao Jiu rolled on my lap, and I didn't think it was cute, and my heart was inexplicably irritable. But I was restricted from leaving the palace by Yun Jihan, and it was not easy to ask Chunhua Qiushi to ask, which would make Yun Jihan suspicious. But the feeling of waiting like this is really annoying.
It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that Chunhua walked in with a brocade box and said, "Master, Lord Yang sent someone to send a return gift to the master, saying that the princess Niangniang specially chose it for the master, please accept it."
"Oh?" I said, took the brocade box, and said, "It seems that my cousin really likes the congratulatory gift I gave."
I slowly opened the brocade box, a hanging heart finally settled, lying inside, is a bamboo flute, the bamboo flute fell with a spike with red plums, bamboo report peace, that is, everything is okay?
"Slave maid, look, this flute is not as good as the one before." Qiu Shi said.
I played with it a few times, and found that there was no other mystery, it seems that the master also knows that it will not work to use gifts to stuff notes, I nodded, handed the bamboo flute to Qiu Shi casually and said, "Anyway, it was also sent by the crown princess, so let's put it away!"
"Yes!"
I Ren Qiushi took the bamboo flute away, thinking that she would definitely send this thing to Yun Jihan, as for how Yun Jihan would test it, it didn't matter, what I wanted to know, I already knew.