I didn't look back, just stood there, looked at the dark and narrow corridor in front of me, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Pei Yuanzhen said: "I know, a few days ago, you took your daughter to Yangzhou to meet the imperial brother, and you once met an assassin assassin, right?" ”

I nodded.

"Actually, it's not just the royal brother who has encountered the assassin."

My heart skipped a beat, but before I could react, I heard Pei Yuanzhen say, "Light cold, you are also among those who have been assassinated." ”

“……！”

I looked back at her, "What? ”

"Qinghan was also among those assassinated."

Assassinated?!

As soon as I heard this, my face turned pale, and countless pictures flashed in my mind, but I couldn't see any of them clearly, the only thing that was clearly recognizable was that every picture was bloody and miserable, and the smell of blood seemed to spread out of my memory, making my whole body tremble.

My face sank: "Then he-"

"He's fine." Pei Yuanzhen said quietly: "Although the assassins touched the state capital, he reacted quickly, only suffered a few skin injuries, and held on until the guards arrived, and those assassins were subdued. ”

“……”

I stayed there unresponsive, and it took a long time for me to breathe a long sigh of relief.

He's fine.

It's okay, it's okay!

I just heard Pei Yuanzhen say a few words, but at this time I felt that the cold sweat on my body came out, and I was blown by the wind on the corridor, and my whole body trembled a little, I remembered that day, when Pei Yuanhao took me and Miaoyan to the state capital to enjoy the flowers, the guards of the state capital seemed to be very cautious, and it could even be said that they were nervous, and they almost didn't let Gu Ping enter the door, and now I understand that it was because Lord Yin of the mansion was assassinated, and such a major event for them could lose their heads at any time, of course they should be cautious.

It's just that I didn't expect that the assassination - this kind of thing really fell on Liu Qinghan!

Liu Shizhou back then, as well as Liu Yi, his father and brother were all in this place, this office was assassinated and his soul was broken, from knowing Qinghan's life experience, from knowing his dreams and responsibilities, what I am most worried about is that the blood of the family gives him such a sense of responsibility, leading him to the same path as his father and brother, so will he also get the same ending as his father and brother?

As soon as I thought of this, I only felt that the blood in my whole body was going to be cold, and I subconsciously looked up at Pei Yuanzhen.

"Who is it?"

“……”

"Who sent those assassins?"

Pei Yuanzhen looked at me coldly, and asked instead of answering: "Who do you say?" ”

“……！”

Looking at her cold gaze, my heart suddenly skipped a beat, and I reacted immediately.

Did she mean—

"No, it won't! It won't be your second brother! ”

Pei Yuanzhen still looked at me and didn't speak coldly.

"It won't be him, I've made it clear to him, and he promised me."

"What did he promise you?"

"He promised me that he would not use force against Yangzhou!"

“……”

Hearing me say this, Pei Yuanzhen's eyes flickered slightly, and she seemed to hesitate, but after being silent for a long time, she still said: "What the second brother wants to do must be done, he is not so easy to give up." Besides, even if the second brother doesn't want to do anything to Yangzhou for the time being, but you-you have a past with Qinghan, does he know? ”

Listening to her words, I was a little suffocated for a moment.

I know too little about Pei Yuanxiu, to be honest, although he has always been so gentle with me, without a cold and violent attitude, and without the determination to reject people thousands of miles away, I have never been able to see through him, just like what Yao Lao said to me, although he is facing him day and night every day, I never know what he is thinking.

But Pei Yuanzhen said that what he wants to do must be done.

Even if he doesn't do anything in Yangzhou now, it will only be temporary.

Is that really the case?

I only felt a chill to my bones, and I shivered involuntarily, and when I looked up, Pei Yuanzhen was still looking at me, waiting for my answer, I made up my mind, and said: "I also made this clear to him." ”

“……”

"I and the light—me and your bridegroom, between us have passed."

“……”

"Yuan Xiu already knew."

Hearing my words, Pei Yuanzhen seemed to be relieved, but when he looked up at me, his eyes seemed a little complicated, and after being silent for a while, he said suspiciously: "Do you really think so?" ”

"He promised me, and he should—"

"I mean, you and Light Cold," she pressed me, "do you really think you're over?" ”

“……”

Looking at the fingerprints that were already clearly visible on her face with heavy makeup, I didn't know why, I felt a little out of strength, and a little tired, and looked at her lazily: "Otherwise? ”

“……”

"What else?"

“……”

"Liu Qinghan, your bridegroom, he is the first person to come out of the past; And I, since marrying your second brother, have been letting myself come out. As for you—" I looked at her and smiled faintly, "you're the only one of us who has been stubbornly stuck in that past. ”

“……”

Speaking of which, I looked up and looked around, this piece of grass and trees is abundant, jubilant, the moon is clear and the wind and water flow for a long time, there are always some things that remain constant, and there are always some things that have been changing, and I want to keep it, just like I want to keep the water in the river, the tighter I hold it, the faster it will slip away from between my fingers.

"Actually, you don't have to come to me at all, and you don't have to be so obsessed with me and his past all the time."

“……”

"He's going to marry, I'm married, that's the truth."

She looked at me in a daze, and the surprised expression on her face made me not know whether to cry or laugh, just looking at the place where she was beaten by me, although I didn't feel wronged, I still felt that it would hurt.

I thought about it, turned around again, faced her completely head-on, and said calmly: "Whether you are doing these things now for his good or anything else, but you can do this, I also know that it is not easy, Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, there will be many people who are grateful to you." ”

“……”

"If you have the heart......"

Speaking of this, I was also a little hesitant for a while, not knowing whether to say it or not, but Pei Yuanzhen seemed to have sensed something, and frowned slightly: "What?" ”

"......" I was silent for a long time, but finally said, "If you have the heart, protect your nephew." ”

She was stunned: "Nian Shen? ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"What do you mean?"

I hesitated for a moment, but still said, "I don't know if it's my delusion, I feel that His Majesty the Emperor seems to be a little dissatisfied with the crown prince, he seems to-"

Pei Yuanzhen's face turned pale: "He wants to abolish the prince?" ”

I shook my head: "That's not what I meant, and he didn't say that. I just sensed that he seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the crown prince. ”

Pei Yuanzhen suddenly frowned.

I said: "His Majesty the Emperor will definitely have no fewer children in the future, and the status of the crown prince will be affected to some extent, Her Royal Highness the princess - I know that Her Royal Highness the princess has always taken good care of the prince, and if you can, Her Royal Highness the princess will take care of the prince more." ”

She listened to my words, but suddenly frowned: "How do you know that I am right--taking good care of the prince?" ”

“……”

I was silent for a while, looked at her face that was clearly already guarded, sighed, and said slowly: "Back then, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suffered from rotten throat, and I was entrusted by the Queen Mother to take care of His Royal Highness's living in Jingren Palace. And that night, I saw a dark shadow in front of the bed of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

Her face sank suddenly.

"Although everyone said that it was Concubine Xu Xian's ghost, I knew it wasn't."

"Not? Then why did the little girl under you shout that she saw a ghost the next day? ”

"That's just me borrowing this to make her say the same to scare Yuwen."

“……”

"I'm the only one who really sees the shadow."

“……”

"Besides, if there are really ghosts and monsters, what kind of person is the queen mother, it is impossible to ignore it at all, and let the black shadow come and go freely in Jingren Palace, after all, the old Taoist priest in the inner court is not useless."

This time, Pei Yuanzhen did not speak, but closed her bright red cherry lips.

"There was a lot of uproar in the palace, but the queen mother acquiesced in this kind of thing all the time, in fact, it was not that this kind of thing existed, but she was very kind, she acquiesced to your entry and exit of Jingren Palace like this, and went to visit His Highness from time to time, and even explained that some guards of Jingren Palace opened the door for you to make it convenient, and did not publicize the truth of the matter, because you don't want others to know that you actually care about Your Highness."

“……”

"Because, although you have hatred in your heart, you actually feel guilty about Your Highness."

"What guilt?"

"At that time, when Concubine Xian was still a talented person, she was pregnant with Liujia, but the incense you gave her was-"

At this point, I saw that her face suddenly turned pale, and the kind of loss of soul that even heavy makeup could not hide, so I didn't say any more.

I said calmly: "Moreover, I also went to inquire later, in fact, you returned to the palace a day early, but you didn't tell anyone, only after Ye Yunshuang went to find you secretly, you came to Jingren Palace." But after you came, you didn't ask anything, but only asked why Shui Xiu was talking nonsense, because you didn't come to Jingren Palace that night, and that black shadow shouldn't have appeared. ”

“……”

Looking at her slowly sinking face, I asked, "Am I right?" ”

She looked at me, completely speechless this time.

The two people were silent opposite each other like this, and the wind blew through the empty corridor, blowing the clothes of the two people into the air, and there was a cold feeling as if they were like flying flotsam, and there was nowhere to send them.

Looking at the redness and swelling on her face, I couldn't help but feel a trace of guilt in my heart.

However, I have no intention of apologizing to her.

After all, she never apologized to me.

The two of them stood here with a little embarrassment, and after a while, I said, "We're all about it." ”

She looked at me and didn't speak, and I just turned and walked away.

After leaving the garden, there was a noisy sound in the main hall from the front room, and several maids passing by me saw that it was me, and they all curtsied cautiously, and I just nodded, lifted the bead curtain of the side door, and looked at the lively scene on the main hall.

And when I walked to the place where we had sat down to rest, I found that my chair had been sat by another person.

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