Walking out from the side door of the main hall, there is a long corridor, winding, on both sides of the corridor are all kinds of lush flowers and plants, although it is already late, the red light from the lanterns under the eaves is not enough to illuminate those plants and trees, only faintly smell the faint fragrance of plants and flowers in the night.

In this almost pleasant setting, the maid led me to the end of the corridor, and after passing an archway, I entered the back garden.

There are many fewer people here than before, but they are still very festively decorated, with red lanterns still hanging under the eaves, bright red silk wrapped around the branches, and even some plants that do not bloom in this season, tied with flowers made of silk and colored paper, all of which look so perfect.

The maid brought me here, blessed me, and withdrew.

I stood in the midst of the flowers, waited for a while, and then I smelled a faint fragrance coming over me, and when I turned around, a crimson figure came out of the arch next to me.

The waves of her clothes swept gently on the red embroidered shoes, as if they were sent by the wind, and even her sleeves, when she brushed the flowers and plants on both sides, countless stars rose from the flowers, and the fireflies hidden in the branches and leaves also flew around her, illuminating the red-like clothes, and also illuminating the delicate makeup, suffocating beauty.

She walked up to me, and the faint sneer on her extraordinarily beautiful and moving face was as familiar as ever, and she said coldly, "You're here." ”

"......" I looked at her and didn't speak for a moment.

The woman in front of her is the bride of tonight's wedding banquet, Princess Pei Yuanzhen of Anguo.

Tonight, the last person I want to see.

Speaking of which, I have never felt that Pei Yuanzhen is beautiful and moving, there are beautiful and moving, but after all, there are three thousand beauties in the harem, and there are too many beauties, and her faint beauty is not so dazzling, but tonight, although the twilight is deep, although the red light emitted by the lanterns near and far is not enough to illuminate a qiē, but I still feel that her bright light, that face with exquisite makeup has never been so bright and moving, the cheeks on both sides are like red glow, and the eyes are like bright pearls, Black and white are distinct, exceptionally clear; Her lips are also finely outlined, with a clear outline, like a plump cherry, which tempts people to want to pick it.

Looking at her like this, I was a little distracted for a while.

Compared with my distraction, she was extraordinarily radiant, and her eyes were as bright as if they were shining at any time, looking at my faint expression, and said, "You don't look surprised at all, what, do you know that I am looking for you?" ”

I nodded faintly.

"How do you know?"

I didn't really want to speak, but after a pause, I said lazily: "The maid who came to call me smells too heavy of fat powder." has such a heavy fat powder flavor, it must be followed by a heavy fat powder owner. And tonight, the only one who will wear heavy makeup is the hostess of the wedding banquet. ”

“……”

She looked at me silently as I spoke, and the more I spoke, the colder her face became.

But when I finished speaking, she laughed instead, but there was no smile in her eyes: "You are still as smart as when you were in the palace." ”

“……”

"No wonder, my brothers won't let go of you no matter what."

“……”

"But unfortunately, your cleverness doesn't seem to help you much."

“……”

I knew she wouldn't have anything nice to say, but even if she was mentally prepared, she didn't plan to continue listening, so she said tiredly, "Is there anything you called me for?" If not, then I'm going back. ”

With that, I was about to turn to leave, when I heard her voice coming from behind me.

"Of course I have something."

The voice, a little cold.

I thought about it, stopped, and looked back at her.

She stood in the middle of a flower leaf, the moonlight was hazy, shining on her, as if she was draped in a faint, translucent silver veil, making her whole figure become a little hazy, but her eyes were extremely sharp, and even at this moment, they were as bright as the blade of a sword.

But when she spoke, I was taken aback.

"What are you going to do?"

“……”

I subconsciously frowned, seeing that she didn't speak, and Pei Yuanzhen looked at me like this, and couldn't help sneering: "Just now my maid has come to report to me, the person from Xichuan is here, and the person who came is the fifth brother." ”

“……”

She looked at me, her eyes sharpening more and more: "Don't you sue me, with your cleverness, you can't see anything?" ”

I bit my lower lip and finally let out a long sigh of relief.

After being silent until now, I also knew that I couldn't be silent anymore, looking at her extremely sharp eyes, I said slowly: "Sure enough, it was you who played a role in the middle." ”

She raised her willow-like eyebrows and looked at me.

I also looked at her: "Xichuan and the imperial court, it's okay, right?" ”

She smiled, "You see that? ”

I said: "His Majesty the Emperor is a strict person, meritorious service will be rewarded, there will be punishment, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is now honored as the princess of Anguo, and has been given the privilege of opening a mansion in Yangzhou, obviously for the emperor His Majesty Xià has made great contributions, will have such a grace; But Her Royal Highness the Princess has been keeping filial piety for Shuyuan Niangniang all these years, and she has not participated in any of the things in the court, there is only one thing that Her Royal Highness must have. ”

Pei Yuanzhen laughed again, but this time, there was a hint of smugness in her smile.

Even, with a hint of provocation.

Of course, I also understood what she meant - back then, at the state banquet when Shen Rou wanted to completely suppress me, she excused me in front of hundreds of civil and military officials and the emperor, and after that, I met her in the snowy Huxin Pavilion, and she asked me not to see Liu Qinghan again, because at that time, it was impossible for me to get rid of the emperor's control, and I was angry because I couldn't help it, and I also sarcastically that she and the forces behind her would sooner or later be unfavorable to Liu Qinghan, because Fu Badai's master and apprentice were assassinated when they entered the palace, which was already a beginning.

But now, she has made a choice.

She made a choice between the forces behind her and Liu Qinghan, and it was not an either/or, but a win-win choice.

I smiled lightly, with a somewhat tired look: "The princess can make such a choice, which is indeed a blessing for the court and benefits all the people." ”

She didn't feel any flattery at me, but looked into my eyes more and more sharply: "What about you? ”

“……”

"What are you going to do?"

“……”

I looked at her lightly: "Her Royal Highness the princess has already made a choice, why should you care about my plans?" ”

"I know your position in Xichuan, and I know how many forces there are still under your hands. If Xichuan wants to move, it is best to concentrate on it, rather than go it alone, besides-" She looked at me, and a little chill oozing from her eyes: "I also know that Yan Gongzi values you very much, and he will definitely listen to your opinions if he wants to make any important decisions." ”

“……”

"So I wondered, what would you do if this thing went ahead?"

For some reason, when I heard her words, I suddenly felt a tingling in my heart.

I suddenly remembered what Yan Qingchen had said to me before I left Chengdu - he told me that he was the keeper of Xichuan.

He also told me that Nishikawa was facing a crisis.

Until now, I still don't know what kind of crisis it is, which can make him pay so much attention, but now I can vaguely feel that it must be a very serious crisis, even far more than I imagined, otherwise, with Yan Qingchen's temperament, he would not be so lightly connected with the imperial court.

It is very likely that it was because of that crisis that Pei Yuanzhen arranged it to live in peace with the imperial court.

In this way, the doubts in my heart deepened.

What kind of crisis is that?

Seeing that my eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and even a few folds had appeared, Pei Yuanzhen looked at me for a while before saying, "You haven't answered my question yet." ”

"......" I looked up at her.

"What would you do?"

I thought for a moment and said, "I'm not going to do anything." ”

Her eyebrows furrowed: "What? ”

"I'm not going to do anything." I repeated it again, looking at her still stunned expression, and said lightly: "What I can do is only that, as for the rest, it is no longer within my ability." Although Yan Qingchen is my younger brother, I have not been by his side all these years, and he is still the head of the Yan family; Although some of those people in Xichuan listened to me, they have been living well since I was away from Xichuan for so many years. ”

“……”

"They have their ideas and practices, and I'm not going to interfere."

“……”

Pei Yuanzhen's face flashed with surprise at first, even with a hint of anger, but as she listened slowly, her face calmed down.

After I finished the last sentence, she immediately said, "What about the second brother?" ”

“……”

"You are his wife, are you not in charge of Jinling?"

“……”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh, and I laughed out loud.

She immediately frowned.

And after I laughed and took it, I felt a deep fatigue, as if I couldn't even open my eyes, and I didn't intend to continue the conversation, so I said lightly: "Your Royal Highness, my words are all I have said. Leave. ”

After saying that, he turned to leave.

But as soon as I turned around, her voice with a cold temperature sounded behind me.

"I still have one more sentence to finish."

"......" I stopped after a pause: "What words?" ”

"You know what I'm going to say, but I think it's better to be clear." As she spoke, she seemed to take a step forward and had already walked behind me, and the cold voice seemed to be in her ears: "You also know that today is the day of my great joy with him, right?" ”

I said coldly, "Congratulations." ”

"I don't need to congratulate you, I can't afford your congratulations," she said in a colder tone than me, "I only tell you one thing, the light cold has completely forgotten you." ”

“……”

I was silent for a long time, and then slowly turned my head to look at the face with delicate makeup and outstanding in the moonlight.

I sneered: "This matter, it seems that you don't need to sue me again." ”

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