Chapter 5: Another Temptation
Jiang Ziyu stayed in Qingyu Pavilion honestly for the past two days, napping in the trees as usual, but this gaze was occasionally locked on the body of Liuying who was playing in the yard.
At present, Liuying is pestering Xingyu to accompany him to play shuttlecock, Xingyu refused at first, but seeing that her princess did not come out to stop her, she couldn't stand Liuying's chatter, so she could only play with her.
And Xingyu found that it seems that the princess likes to watch them play?
Liuying himself is only twelve years old, which is the age of fun, and because he was raised by the prince when he was a child, almost all the people in the house regarded him as the second son, and the prince also acquiesced to the people treating him like this, so he was used to having no rules in the house.
The reason why Jiang Ziyu doesn't think he is noisy is entirely because of his appearance, which looks like an old man. The brother who protected her in her previous life until her death, and who loved her the most.
In the previous life, there were three brothers and sisters in Jiang Ziyu's family, and she was the second and had a younger sister under her. The father loves the mother the most, and the mother loves the elder brother the most. My brother was the first to be sensible, and since she can remember, her brother took her to play with her sister.
The virus broke out, and she was the only one in the family who awakened her abilities. The mother turned into a zombie and bit the father to death, and the father hugged the mother and asked the brother to escape with them.
Memories emerged little by little, Liuying's face overlapped with the scene where her brother in her previous life blocked the zombies and let her and her sister run fast, Jiang Ziyu squinted his eyes and exhaled deeply, pressing down the sad past, and watched Liuying play Xingyu with a shuttlecock with a smile that he had never seen before.
"Xingyu, what do you say the princess sits on the tree every day? How boring. While kicking the shuttlecock, Liuying curiously inquired about the princess. He had seen the princess very rarely, only on the day he first came and met her head-on. I never saw her out of the house every day, and when she got out, she would climb over the tree. The only thing Shadow said to her was to ask her if she could play shuttlecock.
"How dare the princess's mind slave and maid speculate? Shadow Boy, you can play by yourself for a while, it's almost time for dinner, and the slave has to keep an eye on it. Xingyu was miserable in her heart, what kind of system did she become when she played shuttlecock at the door of the master?
Liuying flattened his mouth and waved his hand to let her go, and he felt bored again when he pinched the shuttlecock himself. Seeing this, Jiang Ziyu fell down from the tree, looked at Liuying and said, "Give it to me." ”
Liuying was startled by Jiang Ziyu who suddenly appeared, but quickly regained his demeanor, and asked with a shuttlecock ball, "Does the princess want to play this?" ”
Jiang Ziyu nodded, and Liuying kicked the shuttlecock over with a smile, and the shuttlecock was caught by her steadily, and then kicked it up.
"Wow, that's amazing, you're the best woman I've ever seen in shuttlecock." Liuying couldn't help but sigh, and Jiang Ziyu kicked the shuttlecock over again when he heard this.
She always felt like she was back in her childhood, playing downstairs with her brother, but she was the one who applauded at that time.
"Catch it." Liuying kicked the shuttlecock over, and the two of them passed the shuttlecock back and forth, and Jiang Ziyu's face also showed a smile that she hadn't had for many years, even if it wasn't obvious.
When Nan Huaifeng came over, he saw that Jiang Ziyu seemed very happy, and the two of them were both in the mood at the moment, and they didn't pay attention to their surroundings at all.
"Sister Princess, it's your turn."
This sister was called by Jiang Ziyu, she didn't know why she didn't want Liuying to be so distant from herself, but Liuying still knew a little bit of everything, so she called the princess's sister.
Jiang Ziyu took the shuttlecock and just kicked it twice, and then swept to Nan Huaifeng, who was standing at the door at some point, she frowned, her expression instantly returned to her previous estrangement and indifference, and she took the shuttlecock in her hand and threw it to Liuying. She secretly reflected in her heart, she shouldn't have been so careless.
"Why are you here?"
Nan Huaifeng was slightly displeased when he saw her face change so quickly, but he didn't show it, but stepped into the courtyard, and swept the shadow with cold eyes: "You are becoming more and more unruly." ”
Liuying stepped aside, and Jiang Ziyu watched him sit straight into the chair, pursed his lips and walked over.
"Look at the way you look, your body should be fine." Nan Huaifeng said lightly, and Jiang Ziyu hummed perfunctorily.
"The assassins were all put to death." Nan Huaifeng took a sip of tea, and without waiting for Jiang Ziyu to react, he said casually: "No one in the Jiang family seems to know that you can do martial arts. ”
Jiang Ziyu's eyelids moved slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Although I am not favored in the Jiang family, no one can live with my life. ”
Nan Huaifeng narrowed his eyes slightly, but the vigilance in his eyes was still discovered by Jiang Ziyu.
Jiang Ziyu sneered, stretched out his hand to pour a glass of water, and said with a bit of mockery: "What? Afraid of what I'll do to your beautiful woman? ”
"This is the royal palace after all." This sentence is confident, but it is unknown how weak Nan Huaifeng is in his heart.
After all, Nan Huaifeng saw countless unknowns in her, and people without internal strength were slapped like that, and they couldn't get better without ten days and a half months, but Jiang Ziyu recovered in just two days, although he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, he was really curious about how she did it.
"Then why do you want to be grounded? Whether it is a small punishment or a disguised protection, you know the purpose of this. Jiang Ziyu stretched his body, and from her tone, Nan Huaifeng didn't know whether she was happy that she didn't punish Su Li, or if she was dissatisfied with his secret vigilance.
This person is like a fog, and when you reach out and move it, you can only see the outside, and you can't test the inside.
"This king saved you twice, why do you have to speculate about me like this?" Nan Huaifeng gently wiped the rim of the cup with his fingers, Jiang Ziyu snorted coldly, and said, "The princess who was married by the Queen Mother died not long after passing the door, how do you explain?" Nan Huaifeng, don't fool me for a fool, the Queen Mother's power is not weak as a day, you must protect my safety. Otherwise, if I die, even if I can't drag you off the horse, it will be enough to give you a few bumps. ”
The little bit of open and secret fighting between Nan Huaifeng and the Queen Mother didn't need Jiang Ziyu to deliberately inquire about it, and she knew that Nan Huaifeng didn't dare to let her die.
The reason why the Queen Mother chose her as the princess was that the dignity of the Prime Minister's Mansion was worthy of Nan Huaifeng on the surface, and secondly, because she was a timid and cowardly concubine, and her life was like grass on the side of the road, which was cut by others.
Her existence is the handle sent by the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother will inevitably use this to play as soon as she dies, which is why she has no fear in front of Nan Huaifeng, anyway, Nan Huaifeng can't do anything to her, so why should she be wronged?
Nan Huaifeng sighed as if suddenly, why did he ignore this?
"Since you know everything, aren't you scared at all?" Nan Huaifeng has had a lot of things recently, so he has no time to take care of it, but he didn't expect to be able to be thoroughly understood by Jiang Ziyu's words.
"What am I afraid of? This is the royal palace in the end. ”
Jiang Ziyu sneered back with his scold, and the flowing shadow who was eavesdropping in the distance couldn't help but snicker, and when he received the prince's eye knife, he immediately covered his mouth, but he couldn't stop the smile - the master was the first time that people took the limelight in terms of IQ.
Jiang Ziyu tilted his head to support his chin and said slowly: "Actually, there is a way to solve your worries." ”
"What?" Nan Huaifeng looked up and down, as if he wanted to see what she could do.
"Divorce me." Jiang Ziyu said it easily, as if this matter had nothing to do with her. Nan Huaifeng looked at her seriously, Jiang Ziyu thought he didn't understand, so he continued: "As long as you have a letter of resignation, it has nothing to do with you whether I live or die from now on." And you can also use this as an excuse to refuse the Queen Mother's marriage in the future, and you don't have to continue to defend yourself from what I do to your beauty, which is a good thing in one fell swoop. ”
Nan Huaifeng looked at her with a little scrutiny, and for a long time, his thin lips hooked up a smile, and said: "No need, it is not a problem to protect yourself with your skills, this king and his subordinates can be relaxed and relaxed, why not?" ”
Jiang Ziyu blocked her throat in one breath, was she countered by Nan Huaifeng?
Nan Huaifeng left with a smile, and the more Jiang Ziyu thought about it, the more angry he became, he raised his leg and kicked over the chair he had just sat on, and poured a large mouthful of water to suppress the sudden anger for some reason.
"Sister Princess, in fact, the master is very good." Liuying walked over with a shuttlecock and picked up a chair and sat down by himself, Jiang Ziyu snorted coldly to express his disdain.
The stream image is like saying a little secret, and he whispered: "Actually, the master is not having an easy time, the current emperor, you know, it is the master's own nephew, who is only eleven years old." Three years ago, the first emperor died suddenly, and the government and the opposition were in turmoil for a while. The master rushed back from the border with his own private soldiers and strongly suppressed the restless people in the court, which stabilized the situation. This is easy to say, but the difficulties and twists are unknown to others. ”
Jiang Ziyu took another sip of water, with a little disdain: "So what? Who is alive with ease? ”
"This is true, I guess you are angry for the prince's refusal to severely punish Miss Suli, but the master can't help it. Su Li's father is the deputy general of the prince, and the prince has been at the border since he was a child, and he relies on this deputy general to take him to protect him. The deputy general has only one wish when he is dying, which is to ask the prince to take care of his wife and children, and the prince is the most affectionate. ”
Liuying thought that the law wanted to correct the image of the prince in front of Jiang Ziyu, but Jiang Ziyu responded: "I have never taken these things to heart, I just want to live more freely." It's just that although she said this, there were already ripples in her heart. In fact, she knew that she was exposed in front of Nan Huaifeng, but he never pressed to ask anything, and the occasional temptation never went deeper.
Xu is looked at the face that was very similar to her brother, she couldn't help but confide in her heart, Liuying played with the shuttlecock, and said with a smile: "You can also be at ease in the palace, the entire princess except for the prince is the biggest you, and you don't do whatever you want." ”
Jiang Ziyu lowered her eyes and fell on the shuttlecock in Liuying's hand, what she longed for in her two lives was a sense of belonging with her family, a warm and comfortable life, and she could walk on the street as she wanted, without worrying about life and death without being calculated. Although there are chicken feathers in life, it is better than floating like duckweed all the time.
"Well, you don't understand." In the end, all the thousands of words turned into such a sentence, Liuying touched his head, he always felt that the princess sister in front of him had great worries and sorrows.
At this moment, she looks like the prince has just become a regent, indifferent and ruthless, and always walking on thin ice.