In the middle of the night, the courtyard was completely silent, except for the yellowing glow of the lanterns.

Maybe he didn't sleep well last night, or maybe he encountered too many things today, and he was too tired, Ning Juan fell asleep quickly, but he didn't sleep well this night.

She dreamed of the things of her previous life, the day of her previous life, the day when the decree of marriage came.

The holy decree said that she was given to the fourth prince Li Yan, and she was a legitimate concubine of the fourth prince.

In Ning Xuan's own thoughts, she is an unfavored eldest lady of the Guogong Mansion, she is useless, and it is indeed high to be able to marry Li Yan, who is favored by the emperor, as the imperial concubine.

She also thought that the Zheng family would find an ordinary eunuch for her, such as Chu Lin, the concubine of the Chu Mansion.

This decree of marriage came too suddenly, too inexplicably, and too timely, almost when the Zheng family and the eldest grandson family finalized the marriage of her to the Chu Mansion, which surprised everyone.

Ning Juan, who was kneeling in the middle of the courtyard of the Rose Courtyard, was happy and nervous, inexplicably very much, and forgot to answer the order for a while.

The eunuch who had finished announcing the decree reminded him and said, "Miss, please accept the decree." ”

"Thank you Emperor Longen, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

Ning Juan accepted the decree with a smile, raised the holy decree above his head with both hands, and smiled with his eyebrows.

The eunuch who announced the decree gave Ning Juan a handful of help, let Ning Juan get up, and at the same time said unfathomably,

"I don't know if it's the sharp eyes of the miscellaneous family, I can see at a glance that the eldest lady seems to like the four princes very much."

Do you like it?

In his previous life, Ning Juan should have no other feelings for Li Yan, and the reason for her happiness was probably just that she had found a good family and felt that she could get rid of the Guogong Mansion and live a good life.

At that time, I just grabbed a life-saving straw, and I was full of gratitude, but there was no so-called like or dislike.

At that time, did Li Yan like Ning Juan?

Ning Wan didn't know either.

The location in the dream changed again.

It is still the new house full of Ning Juan's great sorrows and joys, but the others have long since retreated, and there are only Ning Juan and Li Yan in the house.

Ning Juan knelt on the ground in disheveled clothes, crying so much that her makeup was gone, and she was embarrassed.

She grabbed the corner of Li Yan's clothes and explained in a panic,

"It's not me, it's not what they say. It was my aunt who hurt me, the fourth prince, not me. I beg you, believe me, I am not that kind of woman, they are the ones who have their hearts to harm me. ”

Li Yan seemed to have seen something dirty, his eyes were full of disdain, he had his hands behind his back, he didn't want to touch Ning Juan at all, even if it was a finger, he seemed to feel disgusted.

He stepped back again and again, completely pulled the corner of his clothes out of Ning Xuan's hand, and turned around to walk out.

"Four Princes!" Ning Juan hugged Li Yan's leg from behind, crying, "Fourth prince, I beg you, you believe me, it's not me, it's not what I'm happy with, it's my aunt who hurts me, it's my aunt who hurts me." ”

Li Yan turned his head, condescendingly looked at the soft woman who was crying at his feet, looked at the bruises and purple marks on her body, and then looked at the bed full of messes, and only said one sentence indifferently,

"Is it something you like, is it someone else who harms you, does it matter now? Is it important that you are innocent or not, from the beginning to the end? Ning Juan, do you think I'll care? ”

Ning Juan understood, and she also asked herself, what is the truth of the matter, and is it important now?

She let go of her hand in a daze, looked at Li Yan's red figure in the distance, and laughed unscrupulously.

Yes, it is a foregone conclusion that the four princesses were raped and raped on their wedding night, whether they are framed or framed, she will definitely die.

What the truth is, it doesn't matter! She is as insignificant as an ant, who will really care about her life and death?

The truth doesn't matter, but whether she is innocent or not doesn't matter to Li Yan?

Isn't it important?

She is his wife, how can her innocence not matter?

If you don't like it, why do you want to marry her?

After a while, Mama Wang brought a three-foot white silk, threw the white silk in her face, and her eyes could squeeze out disgust, saying,

"Miss, if you do such a thing, the Four Princes' Mansion can't tolerate you, and the Ningguo Mansion can't tolerate you, so it's not an exaggeration to cut you with a thousand knives. But Miss Ran is kind, afraid that you will suffer too much, thinking of the last bit of affection between her aunt and nephew, she specially prepared a white silk for you, if you know each other, you will break it yourself. ”

Then he stood quietly to the side, waiting for her to die.

She held the white silk in her hand as if she were holding a blade, her hands were full of blood and her heart was full of pain.

Throw up your sleeves, raise your hands, and see that the white silk without a single wrinkle passes through the crosswood, and gently hangs down, hanging on both sides of the crosswood, moving with the wind.

She snapped them together again and tied them in a knot.

Stepping on the wooden bench, his fingers gently stroked the white silk.

Bai Aya is so white, so white that there is no trace of flaw, as pure as a snowflake, as smooth as a lake, how can such a beautiful thing take a person's life?

Holding the end of Bai Aya with both hands, he put his head into Bai Aya in frustration and kicked over the wooden stool under his feet.

It hurts, the feeling of Bai Aya's tightening of her neck, and the death after suffocation also makes her feel terrified.

She was dying, her body writhing wildly, but her fearless struggle was like a drop of water falling into the sea, and she couldn't even make waves.

At that time, Ning Juan thought, if she is dead, she will die, she has never loved anyone, no one has loved her.

"Ning Xuan!"

The moment her eyes closed, I don't know who hurried to the door and called out to her-Ning Juan......

It's like one person shouting, and it's like two people shouting.

It looks like Li Yan shouted, but it doesn't look like Li Yan shouted.

Who is it?

It's so familiar, but it feels like I've never left to hear the real sound.

Ning Juan felt a sudden dull pain somewhere in her heart, so painful that it became difficult to breathe.

It's really difficult, a little bit, I can't breathe at all.

The feeling of suffocation forced Ning Juan to wake up, and when she opened her eyes, she only saw smoke filling her eyes.

Tongues of fire swept arrogantly from the window, devouring the beams.

The whole room, bright red, the fire spreading, burning the skin.

Ning Juan raised her hand and wanted to touch the dense cold sweat on her forehead, but she couldn't exert any strength in her hand.

"Miss, Miss!"

Outside the house, there was the anxious shouts of Pu Jia and Bai Lu, and the sound of the door being slammed.

"Tao Ning, Yun Sheng!" Mama Chen shouted, "Where did they go!" ”

Tao Ning and Yun Sheng, who always kept Ning Wan safe, disappeared at the same time.

Ning Juan wanted to respond, wanting to say that she was still alive, but her heart was clenched, and the pain surged all over her body little by little, and she couldn't tell whether it was the pain in the dream or the real pain, she knew that she couldn't move.

The red tongue of fire in his eyes slowly turned into the red of blood, soaking his eyes, and gradually, the overwhelming blood poured towards him.

I can't really see it at all.

"Ning Xuan."

It's still the same familiar and unfamiliar voice.