Chapter 17: Doubts about Identity

After he finished speaking, he smiled slightly, ignored He Ze who was stunned on the ground, and walked out of the house with his feet up.

Yun Sheng guarded Xue Xian'er in the palace for five days, but he still couldn't save Xue Xian'er's life. Yun Sheng came out of the palace and went straight to find Feng Junyang. "Xian'er is dead, you are satisfied." She stared at the prince of Yunxi, who was still modest and gentle in front of her, and asked him word by word: "I also contributed to that incident, why don't you come to take revenge on me." ”

Feng Junyang said lightly: "Yunsheng, don't talk about children, you are your aunt's daughter or my fiancΓ©e." ”

Yun Sheng held back tears, gritted his teeth and said, "I won't marry you, I will never marry you." It was Sister Xie who had the most vision and was the first to see through your despicable and insidious, so she had to run away from you desperately. ”

For a moment, Feng Junyang's eyes were as sharp as a blade, forcing Yun to shiver. Fortunately, the look was fleeting, so fast that Yun Sheng almost thought that he was dazzled. He looked at her quietly for a moment, lowered his eyes and said softly: "Yunsheng, it doesn't matter if you marry me or not." It's just that there are some things you need to understand, it's not that I want Xue Xian'er to die, but that your twelfth brother refuses to save her. I think Xue Xian'er herself knows very well, so she waited for another five days, waiting for He Ze to save her, but unfortunately He Ze didn't. ”

Yun Sheng froze suddenly, unable to speak for a long time, but his body began to tremble uncontrollably. Her twelfth brother had already returned to Taixing, and the day after the incident, the He family was afraid that King Yue would retaliate against He Ze, so they had secretly sent He Ze away.

She suddenly remembered what her mother had said: Everything comes from the ambition of men, from their struggle for power, but the first to die are women, those women who seem to be high and rich.

Yun Sheng stood in a daze for a long time, didn't say anything, silently shed tears, and silently turned to leave.

Under the cover of well-intentioned people, this ugly incident that happened in Fuyuan Temple was not publicized, and several parties involved invariably chose to remain silent. It was Xue Xian'er's death, which also became a violent illness and died when it came out of the palace, and people only sighed twice when they heard this, sighing that this noble girl of a family who had just passed the palace was really famous, and she didn't have the blessing to marry in the Yue Wangfu as a princess.

It's just that Xue Xian'er's death made Concubine Feng really sad for a few days, and even in front of the emperor, she couldn't help crying a few times. The emperor saw that Concubine Feng was crying sadly, and he felt even more pity for her, and stayed in the palace of Concubine Feng for many days, and even the queen, who had always respected and loved, was snubbed a lot.

At the end of September, Concubine Feng was diagnosed with a happy pulse, and she couldn't care about grieving for Xue Xian'er's affairs anymore. Xue Xian'er's death was as small as a pebble falling into the bottomless clear lake, and only a few splashes were stirred up before disappearing under the surface of the lake.

It is late autumn in the Taihang Mountains, and the disease of the year is menacing, but it seems to be a thread, and it takes more than a month to get out of bed. Fortunately, she was young, and her body bones had always been strong, and she was able to get out of bed, and she recovered much faster, and by the beginning of October, except for the injury on her left arm, which had not yet healed, her body was fine.

Chen Nian has grown so old since he was a child, and he has never been sick for so long. However, this serious illness was not completely unbeneficial, at least it whitened her tanned skin in the summer, and the fat on her cheeks was also reduced, making the curve of her jaw more beautiful. The originally jerky facial features also changed silently, and inadvertently retreated from immaturity, revealing a unique beauty and delicacy.

On this day, Lu Xiao squatted in front of her and looked at her carefully for a long time, and said seriously: "Xie Chennian, you are very good-looking. ”

Chen Nian was sitting in front of the room with his eyes closed, basking in the warm sun in early winter, when he heard this, he opened his eyes to see Lu Xiao, but he was squinted by the light, and after a while, he said, "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Lu Xiao said again: "The Jizhou officer surnamed Fang that day really had a vision. ”

Chen Nian looked at him calmly for a moment and said, "Since you are praising him, then I won't thank you." ”

Lu Xiao also sat down by the wall against her, and after a while, he asked again, "Where are you going?" ”

After Chen Nian's injuries gradually improved, she thought about leaving Qingfeng Village, although Jiang Yingchen and others tried their best to stay, but she had already made up her mind, and only waited for Xu Langzhong to remove the splint on her left arm in two days before leaving. Chen Nian looked into the distance, opened his gaze, and replied, "I don't know." ”

Lu Xiao turned his head to look at her, thought for a while, and said suddenly: "I'll take you back to Mobei." ”

Chen Nian smiled and shook his head, "Don't go, since my father-in-law doesn't want me to go, I won't go to catch up and annoy people." ”

"We don't go to the royal court, there are many places to go in Mobei, all of which are very good." Lu Xiao explained, he pursed his lips, and said, "And your stepfather will not get tired of you." He didn't ask you to look for him, but he didn't want you to be in danger, and the Mobei Royal Court was in chaos now. ”

"You don't understand." Chen Nian said softly, she was silent for a moment, and asked Lu Xiao: "Lu Xiao, what would you do if the woman you love the most died at the hands of her husband, but left a child with that husband to you." That child is the child of the person you love the most, but also the child of the person you hate the most, how will you treat her? ”

Lu Xiao frowned unconsciously, and after thinking about it for a while, he didn't know how to answer, so he had to say honestly: "I don't know." ”

Chen Nian curled the corners of his lips, showed a lonely smile, and said: "I didn't understand it before, but then I suddenly understood, in fact, he didn't know either." I think he may have been conflicted all along, but I don't know if when he sees me, he thinks more about his lover or his enemy. She said slowly, but suddenly shrugged her nose in disgust, and said: "It should be that there are many times when I think of enemies, don't people all say about their daughter Xiao's father." ”

Lu Xiao sat in a daze for a while, then suddenly turned to Chen Nian to take a closer look at her face, and asked with a little excitement: "Are you talking about your own life experience?" ”

He reacted like this suddenly, Chen Nian was a little surprised, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Xiao's mind seemed to have been split open, and the light poured in instantly from the outside, and many mysteries that he couldn't understand seemed to be clear all at once. It was Qiu Muling who deceived him, and Qiu Muling deceived him from the beginning. Chen Nian was not Qiu Mu Lingyue's illegitimate daughter at all, she was the one they had been looking for.

He suddenly went to pull the placket of Chen Nian's neckline, Chen Nian raised his arm to block his hand, and said, "What are you doing." Lu Xiao pressed down her right arm with one hand, and ripped open her neckline with the other hand to take a look, but when he saw what he was looking for, he couldn't help asking, "Where are the spirit bones?" ”

Chen Nian frowned unconsciously, "Something." ”

Lu Xiao gestured with her as he spoke, "It's a wolf tooth, about two inches long, different from ordinary wolf teeth, the root is blood-colored, and the texture is like ancient jade." ”

Chen Nian shook his head and said, "I've never seen it before." ”

Lu Xiao looked at Chen Nian's expression seriously, seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, and he was a little puzzled, wasn't she the person they were looking for. But she is not Qiu Mu Lingyue's illegitimate daughter. Why did Qiu Mu Lingyue lie. And if she was really the person they were looking for, how could the spirit bones not be on their bodies.

Chen Nian watched coldly, and had already guessed that Lu Xiao and Mu Zhanyue must be hiding a lot of things from her, and in the past, she would have to try her best to get the truth out of Lu Xiao's mouth, but now she has no such thoughts at all. She smiled absentmindedly, leaned back against the wall to bask in the sun, and said, "Lu Xiao, I want to go to the Xihu grassland, go all the way west, and see what else is on the grassland." ”

Lu Xiao's mind was still on what happened just now, and he replied casually: "Desert." ”

"Over there in the desert."

β€œβ€¦β€¦ I don't know. ”

In mid-October, Chen Nian and Lu Xiao went out of Qingfeng Village. It was already very cold in the mountains at this time, and in previous years, Chen Nian didn't feel like much, but this year because of this serious illness, he was a little chilly. Thanks to Lingque's carefulness, in the first few days before Chen Nian left, he hurriedly sewed two leather robes day and night and gave them to Chen Nian and Lu Xiao.

Chen Nian was not polite to the sparrow, and only said thank you after taking it. Lu Xiao was a little surprised, he didn't expect that Lingque would also sew a leather robe for him, he was stunned for a moment before accepting it, and said to Lingque: "I have written down your love, and I will definitely return you when I have the opportunity in the future." ”

He said so solemnly that the Lingque was a little embarrassed, so he glared at him and said fiercely: "I am looking at Chen Nian's face, and the skin is enough, so I sewed it for you by the way, who can use your affection." ”

Lu Xiao didn't expect that he would talk to her well, but in exchange for her treatment like this, he didn't feel slightly annoyed. Just as he was about to speak, Chen Nian grabbed him and said, "Okay, let's go quickly, otherwise we won't be able to get to the place to rest before dark." ”

She said goodbye to Jiang Yingchen and the others, got on the horse and headed north. Seeing this, Lu Xiao didn't care about the sparrow, and hurriedly urged the horse to chase after him, and asked Chen Nian: "I really want to go to Xihu." ”

Chen Nian nodded and said, "Yes." ”

The two of them went north through the Flying Dragon and entered the North Taihang along the mountain road. The weather is getting colder and colder, and on this day, Lu Xiao saw that Chen Nian's face was blown red by the cold wind in the mountains, and his heart softened, so he discussed with her: "It's better to find a place to avoid the wind first, and then hurry when the wind is lighter." ”

Chen Nian shook his head and said: "The wild wolves at this time are too powerful, so we have to find a safe place first, and it is better to spend the night." ”

The two walked forward for a while, Lu Xiao felt that the surrounding mountains and rocks were a little familiar, and after thinking about it, he remembered that this was the last time they encountered mountain bandits robbing the road, and couldn't help but say to Chen Nian: "I don't know what happened to those mountain bandits, will they come out to rob on such a cold day." ”

"I don't know." Chen Nian replied.

Lu Xiao asked again: "When you were in Qingfeng Village." This is the time to come out. ”