Chapter 7: In vain
Early in the morning, an uninvited guest came to the sprinkler courtyard, Peilan, saying that the slave who often helped the princess comb the hairpin was sick, and Qianshan Xue had to take the errand.
When I got out of the pavilion and went to the pool, I suddenly saw Xie Yuya smiling and groaning slowly, and Qianshan Xue's thoughts flowed, wasn't it a hairpin? Why did they come? Just thinking about his thoughts, he heard Xie Yuya smile and say, "Come here." ”
A thousand mountains of snow slowly approached.
Suddenly, Xie Yuya threw her jade pendant into the pool, and her expression was light.
Her enchanting voice rang out, "I'll only give you three hours, and if you can't find it, you'll be killed." ”
Qianshan Xue's expression shook slightly, it was a lie not to hesitate, it was so cold this day, the surface of the fish pond had been covered with a thin layer of ice, and the jade pendant was covered by a large piece of residual load, the ice surface was so slippery, it was not easy to walk, and it was impossible for three hours to rely on her own strength.
Just when she hesitated for a moment, her feet were not yet steady, she only felt a pain in her waist, and before she could react, someone kicked her from behind, and as soon as she leaned over, she jumped on the ice like a fairy flying out of the sky.
She was also drunk in this falling position, like a turtle turning over, with her feet facing the sky, she struggled to get up, and fell down again after taking a few steps, and she had to use the climbing posture to walk.
At this time, there were already many slaves and maids who heard the sound and came to see the joke.
Xie Yuya looked at the Qianshan Snow that looked like a turtle moving with interest, and suddenly glanced at the slaves and said, "You see that it is not easy for him, why don't you go and help?" ”
The slaves held back a smile and found a bamboo pole, poked and poked beside her, Qianshan Xue's expression changed abruptly, and she jumped a little, the ice in this pool is not thick, and the place where she fell has cracked, they poke it so much that the ice will definitely shatter for a moment, sure enough, what she was worried about still happened, only to hear a "bang", the thin ice around her cracked, and fell down before her responder, the pool water was cold and biting, so cold that she couldn't breathe, and the sewage she inadvertently swallowed was smoked by the stench and retched, she struggled to beat and beat, As a result, she struggled for a long time, and when she could stand up, she suddenly wanted to die, the bottom of the pool was full of turbid silt, and she was now living like a living clay sculpture, and then looked in the direction of the jade pendant, she was desperate, because the thin ice was widely pierced by them, and the jade pendant was nowhere to be found.
The enchanting voice sounded again, "It's been an hour. ”
When Qianshan Xue heard this, he didn't care about being embarrassed, so he immediately got into the mud and hurriedly searched for it.
Another hour passed, and just as everyone was waiting for the result of her cane death, suddenly Qianshan Snow suddenly jumped out of the water, "snorted", and laughed with mud, "Found it." ”
Xie Yuya glanced at it indifferently and said disdainfully, "You're lucky." ”
She was covered in sewage and sludge, and suddenly a few wild ducks appeared out of nowhere in the pool, and everyone threw themselves back and forth with laughter, and the flowers and branches trembled.
She turned around and looked, and suddenly froze.
No wonder, it's a black mallard, just like she is now.
Sprinkle and sweep the precincts.
With a "bang", Qianshan Xue poured two buckets of water on himself.
"Xiao Hei, do you want a bucket of water?" The eunuchs who were sweeping the courtyard were already laughing, and some couldn't help but roll on the ground.
Qianshan Xue struck with a slap, his whole body was black, only the whites of his eyes were grunting, they stopped laughing, but the next moment everyone was holding their breath again.
"Why are you so embarrassed every time I see you?" Xiao Xuanyu's fluttering voice swept through the silence.
There was a "buzz", and the laughter stopped abruptly.
The slaves bowed and saluted, "Your Highness! ”
Suddenly raised his eyes, only to find that the temple people did not know when to leave, at this time, only two people were left in the sprinkle sweeping courtyard.
Qianshan Xue smiled, "That's a slave who is stupid and doesn't have a long memory." ”
Xiao Xuanyu's expressionless face flashed a faint smile that was not easy to detect, "You are a little stupid, but your mind is used elsewhere." ”
Qianshan Xue was slightly stunned, what does this mean when used elsewhere? She wanted to ask but felt that it was useless to ask, and he would say, guess?
Sure enough, when Qianshan Xue asked him, he said without thinking, "Guess." ”
It's really a treasure of words.
Xiao Xuanyu glanced at it and said coldly, "Clean up and come out!" ”
Qianshan Xue sighed lightly and went to change clothes.
Shaoqing, when Qianshan Xue stepped out of the courtyard door and saw the people in the snow, he was stunned!
Xiao Xuanyu stood with his hands in his hands, his expression was still, his long black hair was blown by the wind, he simply pulled a hairpin with a hosta, and the rest of the hair was only scattered at random.
He is indeed handsome.
Qianshan Xue has been following silently with her head down, the silence and tranquility around her, only the sound of squeaking on the snow, she stared intently at the shallow foot sockets on the ground that were filled with snowflakes, and the shallow foot sockets seemed to be the traces of time, gradually disappearing.
She gently stretched out her hand, letting the snowflakes fall on her fingertips, watching it slowly melt, the snowflakes were so light, one after another, each piece was so pure, but the mortal dust of this world was so heavy.
The snow is still fluttering.
The two walked aimlessly one after the other, and when they arrived at the plum garden, Xiao Xuanyu stared at a plum blossom sticking out of the corner of the wall.
Xiao Xuanyu didn't answer, still maintained the posture of looking up at the plum blossoms, and after being silent for a long time, Fang slowly muttered, "This is really a good place to talk about poetry." ”
"King Xuan? Would you like to go in and have a look? ”
"No need, it's dirty!"
Qianshan Xue was stunned for a moment, and secretly said in her heart, it turned out that he was in a bright state of mind, and she knew about the two of them, she couldn't help but feel a trace of pity, but when she raised her eyes, she had already disappeared.
Night.
Qianshan Xue was led by the slave into Xiao Xuanyu's Moxuan Pavilion, Xiao Xuanyu's bedroom.
Kou Min threw away a set of clean clothes and told her to freshen up, her heart sank, since the original owner was sent by the fourth master, there will always be a day, she can't hide from what should come, she doesn't want to think about it.
After changing her clothes, she waited quietly.
Floating into the distance, she remembered that there was once a young man under the peach blossom tree, who kissed her so gently, but the past was like a cloud, she never thought that they would meet in this way, she had changed into a strange skin, and it was not her who was drunk under the petals flying in the sky.
The faint candle flame came out from behind the screen, swaying in front of my eyes.
Suddenly someone came in, her heart tightened, lowered her eyes, the other party's footsteps were very light, but when she raised her eyes, she was a slave, he came slowly with a snack, his eyes were fluttering, but he was floating, he hurriedly stepped forward and handed over the refreshment, and said softly, "Xuanyue, the time has come." ”
He glanced at the refreshments, then bowed back alertly.
When is the time?
She didn't have time to think about it, so she hurriedly broke the refreshments one by one, took out the note inside and opened it to take a look, just one word, kill!
All of a sudden, my whole body was cold.
The original owner really has a mission.
She hurriedly burned the note, and just as she burned the note, there was a sudden commotion outside, and the sound of many guards running with their feet heard closely, and there was a faint sound of blades coming out of the sheath, and the guards shouted, "There are assassins!" ”
Immediately after the shouting of killing, first in the distance, and then slowly approaching, it was obvious that there was more than one assassin, the wind was howling outside, the shadows of the trees were swaying and dragging the ground, and the sound of swords intersecting was incessant, she held her breath, because she could not see the killing, but it was even more shocking.
The sound of killing was approaching, someone howled miserably, and someone was heard shouting, "Keep your mouth alive." ”
She immediately tightened, the unlucky one wouldn't be a talented person.
After a long time, the sound of fighting outside came to an abrupt end.
Suddenly, there was a bang, and the courtyard door was slammed open, and then someone came with blood, followed by Kou Min's panicked voice, "Quickly pass on Imperial Doctor Li." ”
Xiao Xuanyu walked around the screen, didn't look at her, and stretched out his hand.
"Changing clothes."
With the cold words, the panicked slave suddenly changed color, and he was stunned back and forth in front of her eyes.
Xiao Xuanyu's dark eyes seemed to have something sharp and cold, stabbing Qianshan Xue's eyes suddenly closed, and the servants immediately stepped forward to serve, just touching his clothes, suddenly waved his hand, several slaves stumbled a few steps and fell, he shouted angrily, "Get out, let her change her clothes." ”
Qian Shanxue chuckled in her heart, knowing that tonight was destined to be unpeaceful, she met his dark and deep black eyes, trembling all over, and a coolness rushed up.
The slaves retreated in an instant.
There were only two people in the room at this time, and the atmosphere was solemn.
Qianshan Xue approached him and was about to change his clothes, when suddenly he said lightly, "The assassin has recruited a person, and this person is still by the side of this king, what do you say this king should do with her?" It's a pity to kill, it's hateful not to kill. ”
The tone was shallow, but the tone was full of gloomy killing intent, and her heart was beating fast, as if it was about to split in half, and it was really the unlucky one.
She smiled lightly, "King Xuan can do whatever he wants." ”
As he spoke, he took a step closer, she took a step back, and then there was no way back, Qianshan Xue looked cold, he didn't know what he was going to do with her next, the two were very close, she pushed her a little uncomfortably, and then Xiao Xuanyu's eyes were cold, and she instantly took her throat, Qianshan Xue blushed in an instant, and looked at him with wide eyes, not afraid, but the complicated expression made him a little familiar.
There was blood on his fingertips, stained on her neck, and on her face, the bright red set off her white porcelain-like luster, and her white neck was as delicate as a water lotus, and she closed her eyes at this time, no longer struggling.
He suddenly saw the shadow of another person in her, who was also so calm and fearless in the face of crisis, like a flower blooming proudly on thorns.
Suddenly his hands trembled.
The killing in his hand was instantly destroyed by the softness in his heart, and he let go of her.
She breathed a sigh of relief and touched her neck, her mind was blank at that moment just now, she never thought that they would meet again, it was such a menacing sabre-rattling, she didn't want to participate in his life, but she couldn't escape the entanglement of fate, he couldn't be the little feather of the year, and she was still the lonely soul who was drifting.
That's it, why go through the pain of parting again, go, she has to go, she has to leave this place.
Suddenly, the courtyard ran and stumbled in, and said in an unsteady tone, "Your Highness...... Gone out of the water...... The west courtyard is out of the water. ”
Xiao Xuanyu frowned and rushed out.
When Xiao Xuanyu arrived at the west courtyard, the people of the palace had already arrived, and the voices of the people were boiling and carrying water to put out the fire, and after a while, the originally lonely courtyard was crowded with people.
Xie Yuya saw Xiao Xuanyu at a glance, she stepped forward and wanted to say something, but before she could say anything, Xiao Xuanyu had already bypassed her side like a gust of wind, frowning and looking at the fire.
Seeing King Xuan coming in a hurry, Kou Min hurriedly greeted him and said, "King Xuan, the three wings in the west courtyard are not on fire, it is this firewood room that is on fire. ”
"What about the Nine Princes?"
Xiao Xuanyu didn't want to hear him say those useless nonsense, he was angry and complained in a deep voice.
"Slave...... Just...... Not...... Didn't find it. ”
Kou Min's hands trembled a little, he broke out in a cold sweat, and his voice trembled so much that he couldn't finish speaking.
"Don't hurry up and find it!"
Xiao Xuanyu shouted angrily, Kou Min was so frightened that he suddenly cleared up, and hurriedly summoned a few servants to find someone, while the rest of the people were on standby to put out the fire.
Suddenly, I only heard Xie Yuya behind me shouting, "Stop, you slave is so bold." ”
Xiao Xuanyu frowned slightly, and when she heard the voice, she saw a "bang", Qianshanxue poured two buckets of water on her body, she soaked the cloak and covered her head, Xie Yuya rushed up to pull back the cloak, her figure flashed, Xie Yuya pounced, and before everyone's reaction, Qianshanxue had rushed into the firewood room.
It happened too suddenly, Xiao Xuanyu shouted, "Is this slave crazy?" Don't stop him yet. ”
But it was too late, and the snow of the thousand mountains had disappeared from his sight.
Xiao Xuanyu's heart seemed to have been hit by something, his face suddenly turned pale, his fingers sank deep into his palm, crazy, he was really crazy, he muttered, as if he was talking to himself.
"Why are you stunned? If you don't put out the fire quickly, and don't put out the fire in the woodhouse, you'll all die. Xiao Xuanyu shouted loudly.
Originally, the minions saw that the three courtyards were not on fire, and they didn't find the Nine Princes, so they didn't plan to take the firewood room seriously, anyway, a madman who no one cared about everyone knew in their hearts, and they wouldn't take care of it, so if they died, they would die, but in the current situation, it can be seen that King Xuan is still very anxious.
It is their duty to save the ninth prince, but King Xuan actually asked them to save a slave, and this cheap slave, the master has just punished, which is really more and more incomprehensible.
Just as everyone struggled to put out the fire, another terrible scream cut through the chaos.
"Ninth brother?"
Everyone stopped their movements with Xiao Xuanyu's exclamation, and saw that Xiao Yujin, the ninth prince, was shouting "ah, ah" madly at the burning firewood room, Xiao Xuanyu hurriedly went to appease him, as soon as he saw Xiao Xuanyu approaching, the shouting was even crazier, he snatched a bucket of water from the servant, made a noise, and also poured himself through, and rushed into the firewood room despite all obstacles.
Xiao Xuanyu was completely stunned, but in an instant, he witnessed two madmen.
A chaotic exclamation, the sound of running, followed.
Suddenly, Xiao Xuanyu also poured a bucket of water on his body, and as soon as he took a step, he was stopped by three or two slaves, he kicked away one person, and then pounced on another person to hug him, he tried his best to break free, and shouted angrily, "Get out." ”
Where would the slaves let him die, and at the moment when he was pulling with the slaves, someone exclaimed loudly, "The Nine Princes have come out." ”
When he heard the sound, he saw a figure flash out of the thick red light, and at the same time, it was only for a moment, only to hear a loud "boom", and half of the firewood house behind him collapsed, and suddenly a thick black smoke rose.
Xiao Yujin passed in front of everyone's eyes one by one with Qianshan Xue in his arms, and when he passed by Xiao Xuanyu, he paused and glanced at it suddenly, his cold eyes were full of anger.
Xiao Xuanyu gasped rapidly, his face became more and more pale, and he said in a trembling voice, "Ah Lian, you're fine, brother don't worry." ”
Xiao Yujin ignored it, his eyes were full of coldness, and he found a vacant land, he sat on the ground with Qianshan Xue in his arms, and looked at it with a slight distraction.
The atmosphere was terrifyingly solemn.
Everyone's eyes swept back and forth between the two of them, and it took a moment for the servants to breathe a sigh of relief.
Xiao Xuanyu was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly approached, Xiao Yujin seemed to have been touched by some nerves, he shouted at Xiao Xuanyu madly, Xiao Xuanyu anxiously rushed to the people and shouted angrily, "Pull the Nine Princes away and take him back to the courtyard." ”
"He" of course refers to the minion named Xiaobai.
The slaves received the order to pull away the Nine Princes, who knew that as soon as everyone approached Xiao Yujin, he launched a madness, and saw one bite the other, and some of the slaves were bitten by him and didn't dare to do anything to him, so they had to be anxious, and this stalemate lasted for a while, and the slaves were defeated and no one approached.
Xiao Yujin hugged Qianshan Xue tightly and protected him in his arms, as if there was something precious in his arms for fear that others would snatch it.
Xiao Xuanyu's eyes froze, his heart trembled slightly, his breath choked in his throat, and his whole body was full of anger, but he still suppressed it strongly.
Maybe it was too noisy, Qianshan Xue woke up faintly, and her eyes flashed with excitement the moment she saw Xiao Yujin, but the ensuing senses made her frown, and her eyebrows were twisted into a ball, as if she had just swallowed an extremely bitter medicine, but the corners of her mouth barely pulled out a smile, and then she fainted.
Immediately after Xiao Yujin shouted again, this terrible shout pierced the sky, enduring, and the next moment, he picked up Qianshan Xue and ran back to the wing, regardless of everyone's opposition, the door was slammed shut.
Xiao Xuanyu stayed in place in a daze, this calm seemed to be condensed by a rainstorm, his black pupils were deep and seemed to be a bottomless whirlpool, thinking back to his years of survival in the palace all the time tormented in conspiracy and tricks, he longed for a confidant, extravagant for a loyal and brave heart, but these had nothing to do with him, he chuckled, there was endless self-deprecation and contempt between his eyebrows, but it was all vain, he couldn't ask for it, and he was destined to be a lonely king.
"Your Highness, do you want that minion to take him back to the Sprinkler Courtyard?" Kou Min leaned in and whispered.
Xiao Xuanyu thought for a moment, a trace of imperceptible loneliness flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice after a long time, "Let him go, send the wound medicine to the Ninth Prince, there must be no mistake." ”
"Yes." Kou Min said respectfully.
Xiao Xuanyu walked to the gate of the courtyard, suddenly paused, suddenly glanced back at the firewood room, squinted his eyes slightly, and after a moment of indifference, he said calmly and quietly, "Tear down that room." ”
Kou Min thought for a moment, and glanced at the firewood room with some puzzlement, his reaction was slow but the movements of his hands were not slow, he waved his hand and led everyone to start demolishing the house, this room was not big, nor high, it had just collapsed in half, and more than a dozen servants were busy for several hours.
Seeing that it was almost time to hold the lamp, with a few "booms", the house was finally demolished.
Xiao Xuanyu left satisfied.