Chapter 29: Jade Autumn
Jian Wenying and his colleagues went out of the Golden Hook Gambling House and said goodbye and went home. Princess Luoxue still followed Jian Wenying step by step.
Jian Wenying was quite puzzled in her heart, and wondered: "You have escaped from the Golden Hook Gambling House, why haven't you returned to the palace?" What do you follow me for? ”
Princess Luoxue gently wiped her forehead, her eyes rolled a few times, and she squinted at Jian Wenying and said with a smile: "Young Master Jian, this palace has known for a long time that you are a chivalrous man who acts bravely and is the best person in the capital. Can you take me back to your house and sit down? ”
Jian Wenying was stunned, and subconsciously said: "Of course not!" But there are a few more precautions in my heart, lest I fall into the trick of falling snow.
Luoxue's eyes were as black as black ink, two pearl-like tears swirled in his eyes, and his voice was also choked with a hint of choking: "Young Master Jian, you are a good friend of Brother Shaoheng, are you watching me live on the street and being deceived into going to the gambling house again?" If you won't help me, I'll ...... I might as well be dead. After saying that, he was about to crash into the bluestone wall.
Jian Wenying's expression froze, and then he smiled heartily: "Please!" ”
"You...... Jian Wenying, if you offend this palace, do you know what will happen? Luoxue's face was covered with frost in an instant, her eyebrows were slanted, and she stared at Jian Wenying coldly.
Jian Wenying snorted coldly with some disdain, suppressed the anger in her heart, and turned away.
He walked a few steps, his heart suddenly moved, and he turned his head to look, but saw that the Snow Princess was dressed in light clothes, her hair was dusty, and her eyes were full of tears, standing alone in the cold west wind of autumn, and her situation was very desolate. He couldn't bear it, pondered for a while, walked back to Luoxue, stretched out his hand, and said sincerely: "I invite you to my house to sit down." You have to promise me first, don't mess around, don't be willful, and do everything according to me. ”
The snowy shell bit his lower lip heavily, and said angrily: "You have to teach me to go to your house, not me!" Jian Wenying was helpless, so she had to smile and say yes.
Luoxue followed Jian Wenying, walked on the street of Funei, saw the prosperous scenery, and was very happy, and Fang Cai's resentment disappeared without a trace. She touched Jian Wenying, flattened her little mouth like red jade, and said, "Why don't you ask me, why did you leave the palace?" ”
Jian Wenying looked straight ahead, didn't look at her, and said in a rather blunt tone: "You Snow Princess Luoxue has always been arrogant and unreasonable, tricky and willful, and it is not strange what kind of thing you do." ”
"You—" Luo Xue glared at Jian Wenying viciously, but she was not angry, and said with a smile: "It doesn't hurt to tell you." It's all my mother's fault, I know that people love Shaoheng's brother, but I still have to beg my father to let me marry the Korean king Li Yuanzheng, and praise him for his great talent and hero. In fact, where can he compare to Brother Shaoheng by half a point? Speaking of Jiang Shaoheng, Luo Xue's eyebrows fluttered, and her cheeks turned crimson as if dyed with a thin layer of rouge.
Jian Wenying interrupted her coldly and said, "What does your business have to do with me. In his heart, he had already identified Luoxue as a ruthless woman like a concubine, and although he took her in with compassion for a while, he always refused to trust her.
Jian Wenying strode forward. Luo Xue's enthusiasm was exchanged for coldness and indifference, and he didn't even annoy Jian Wenying. She pursed her red lips tightly, lowered her head, and followed him step by step.
The two returned to Shangshu Mansion, and they were surprised to see Jian Wenying bringing Princess Luoxue to come. After Jian Wenying ordered Xin'er to arrange a place for Luoxue, she went to see Shangshu and his wife to explain what happened.
It happened that Jian Huaizhen and Yingying were also there, and when they saw Jian Wenying going home, they hurriedly took the Huanghuali four-corner brocade embroidered stool for him to sit down. Lingering is really a matter of pity, and Jian Wenying already knows that she loves and pities Lingering very much on weekdays.
Jian Shihong waited for Jian Wenying to sit down, and then asked: "Ying'er, just now a maid came to report, saying that you brought the missing Princess Luoxue back to the palace, what's going on?" There was a faint uneasiness in his tone.
"Yes." Jian Wenying owed a slight debt, and said loudly: "Today, my colleagues held a banquet in Jinding Tower to wash the dust for my son. After dinner, we went to the Golden Hook Gambling House together. That's where Snow Princess bumped in. After she ran away from the palace, she was tricked into working as a maid in the gambling house, and her son saw that she was pitiful, so he came to her rescue. ”
Jian Shihong frowned and pondered, and then said for a moment: "I should have saved her, but I shouldn't have brought her back to the house." The crime of abducting and harboring the princess is not light. The old man should go into the palace to see the driver and make this matter clear. ”
Jian Huaizhen looked at Jian Wenying in a daze, her eyes were soaked with a faint layer of confusion, and she muttered slightly: "Daddy, no." ”
"What do you think?" Jian Shihong inquired.
Jian Huaizhen played with the primrose-colored jade chu'er on the jade arm, letting the faint goose yellow flow between his fingers. Her eyebrows were new, and she said unhurriedly: "Concubine Ru has always been scheming. When I was in the palace, her daughter Zhu Luoxue framed me three times, which shows that she is like a concubine. A dignified princess of a country, how can she say that if you are lost, you will be lost? I'm afraid this is another trick set up by the concubine's mother and daughter. ”
When Jian Wenying heard this, she laughed twice, and said disapprerovingly: "My sister is very smart and knows things like a god, but this time I guessed wrong." As far as I know, Princess Luoxue escaped from the palace because Concubine Ru forced her to marry the Korean king Lee Won-jeong. Her affection for Brother Shaoheng must have been seen by her sister-in-law. ”
Jian Huaizhen was silent for a long time, his eyes swept over Jian Wenying's face, and he said slowly: "If it is as my brother said, Concubine Ru's ambition should really be revealed. She is now a concubine, and her position is only below Wang Guifei, which is already considered to be a powerful man, but she still does not hesitate to marry her only daughter to North Korea, so as to envelop Li Yuanzheng. I always feel that this woman's ambition is not as simple as coveting the harem. ”
Jian Shihong thought for a moment and said, "Zhen'er's concern is not unreasonable. Concubine Ru's methods are realistic, which is beyond the expectation of ordinary people. ”
Outside the window, the sun sets, and the night is like ink on rice paper, slowly spreading, dyeing the world into a dark and dark color. A few stars dotted in the vast night sky, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, like a ghost fire with craggy light and shadow.
Jian Wenying's face was gloomy and uncertain, and he sneered: "For the sake of power, I don't hesitate to bury my biological daughter for a lifetime of happiness." Rufei's methods are really despicable. ”
Jian Huaizhen was silent, sitting on the Huanghuali carved back chair, her long eyelashes cast a trace of jackdaw-like shadow on the ivory-colored cloud pattern jade butterfly Ruyi Qianshui skirt, and she said slowly: "North Korea is now at its peak, if Concubine Ru brings Li Yuanzheng under her command, it may be unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty." The only way to do this is to find a way to force Concubine Ru to dispel this year. ”
"Does the girl have a long-term strategy?" Jian Wenying's eyebrows gradually raised, and she asked with full anger.
Jian Huaizhen bowed his head slightly and said, "Exactly." It's just that I still need the help of the Snow Princess to make it happen. ”
Yingying held her cheeks with both hands, blinked her big bright eyes, and asked, "Sister Huaizhen, do you still need my help?" ”
Jian Huaizhen glanced at her with infinite pity, and a gentle smile flowed from the corner of his mouth: "Don't." Just rest and play. ”
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The night was deep, and Jian Wenying took Jian Huaizhen to see Princess Luoxue. After a west wind, the garden path is covered with frosted leaves and fallen red flowers, and there is a slight sound when stepping on it. The smoke in the pond is faint, like a little bit of melancholy that rises. Occasionally, jackdaws fluttered their wings and cried by, and at the end of the day, the garden became even more silent.
The octagonal glazed peach-like lanterns are raised high, and the apricot-red light spreads all over the frost-cutting buildings. Falling Snow changed into a homely red cloud brocade embroidered flower jacket, and her long hair like a waterfall sat quietly on the threshold looking at the lantern in a daze. Her beautiful face shone with a soft glow, and her bright eyes were filled with a hint of sorrow.
Jian Wenying had never seen such a quiet Snow Princess, and she was very surprised for a while, and couldn't help coughing lightly.
Luoxue turned her head and saw Jian Wenying and Jian Huaizhen brothers and sisters, and suddenly returned to her former proud looks, glanced at Jian Huaizhen with hostility, and said coldly: "What are you doing here?" ”
"You ......" Jian Wenying's face turned dark, and she said heavily: "This is our home, we naturally go wherever we want!" ”
Jian Huaizhen put his hands together on his mist-like sideburns, shook his head at Jian Wenying, and motioned for him to stop talking. She walked in front of Princess Luoxue, bent down, and said with a smile: "Princess Luoxue is just missing Prince Shaoheng, the emperor, and Concubine Ji De?" ”
"You have to take care of it!" Luoxue raised her head, her body was tense, and her colored clothes dyed with an apricot red halo were tightly pulled by her, and her whole person was like a frightened oriole bird.
Jian Huaizhen looked calm, her long eyelashes trembled gently, and she said in her heart: A few days ago in the palace, she had repeatedly framed herself three times, no wonder she was so panicked when she met in the palace now.