Chapter Twenty-Seven: Well Done
The sun fell on her, shining her reddish eyes clearly, and they looked even more crystal clear as if they had just been washed with water.
The eyelashes were still damp, like a mist in the mountains and forests, which would soon condense into droplets of water and drip down.
Therefore, her movements of wiping her tears were casual and rough, her white and tender skin was dyed with light powder, and her apricot eyes were bright and chaotic.
She looked at Shen Zhanghua seriously and waited for her next words, and then realized that she had not yet seen His Royal Highness the Prince, and curled her lips apologetically and smiled softly.
"The courtiers have seen His Royal Highness the Prince, and asked His Royal Highness the Prince."
“......”
As the saying goes, reach out and don't hit the smiling person.
In the face of such a soft little girl, Shen Zhanghua was about to blurt out the rebuke and suspicion that was strangled in his throat, and responded with a stiff expression: "Well, there is no need to be formal." ”
Lu Nian noticed his eyes, inexplicably a little displeased, stepped forward and approached Chi Suihe, making a defensive gesture.
In the eyes of Shen Zhanghua's guards, it was really ridiculous, looking at him with his nostrils facing the sky, full of mockery and warning.
Chi Suihe paid attention to this scene and looked up at Lu Nian, only to find that he had been looking at her.
After only being stunned for a moment, he smiled, and pulled Lu Nian's cuffs comfortingly.
"Lu Nian, it's okay, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very good, and he won't do anything to us."
She said this without evidence, but she said it extremely seriously and firmly, causing Shen Zhanghua to begin to wonder if he had been in contact with her before.
The answer is, no.
Heh, Flim Flam.
Chi Suihe looked at Shen Zhanghua with a smile, "What did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to say?" ”
"I just want to ask, this woodcutter seems to know Miss Chi?"
Shen Zhanghua stared at her with a pair of eyes, wanting to see something strange on her face, but when he saw her pause, he smiled calmly.
"The eldest lady of the Chi family is notorious, and it's normal to know each other."
In an instant, Shen Zhanghua recalled the evaluations of her from the outside world reported by her subordinates, all of which were demeaning.
A normal woman will not care about what others say about herself, even if she really doesn't care, she won't deliberately mention it.
Shen Zhanghua looked at the kneeling woodcutter, "Do you know the two people in front of you?" If you can tell who is behind it, Your Highness can spare your life. ”
The woodcutter looked at the two standing together, and just when Shen Zhanghua thought he was going to confess to the main envoy, he shook his head slowly but firmly.
Chi Suihe reacted to the meaning of his words and laughed angrily.
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, do you suspect that I have something to do with this wildfire? My mother and sister are in the middle of it, and no matter how insidious and vicious I am, I will never make such a joke with their lives...... If my family has any strengths and weaknesses, I wish someone would pay for my life and accompany the funeral. ”
If he meant something, the woodcutter's body trembled and buried his head deeply, and no matter who asked again, he would not speak.
"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is suspicious, come up with useful evidence and then talk about it."
"You!" The guards behind Shen Zhanghua couldn't get used to her face, and blocked her way in front of her, desperately wanting to teach her a lesson.
Chi Suihe: "How? Is it possible to arrest me and torture me without evidence? ”
She is a person with a God's perspective, so she naturally grasps Shen Zhanghua's temperament.
Knowing that he wouldn't, he deliberately handed it to him with his hands together: "Arrest me, arrest me and lock me up in prison." ”
The corners of Shen Zhanghua's mouth twitched, avoiding the Hao wrist in front of him, not looking at her, and speaking very quickly: "I'm just asking for a routine inquiry, this matter has caused a lot of innocent people, and it is very important, and it is not intended to target Miss Chi, please don't take Miss Chi to heart." ”
"I know, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has worked hard."
Again... Look like this again!
Shen Zhanghua's eyelids jumped wildly by the pity that flashed in her eyes, and she turned around stiffly, "If Miss Chi is fine, let's leave this place as soon as possible." ”
"Okay~" Chi Suihe laughed again, deliberately prolonging the end note: "Goodbye His Royal Highness the Prince~"
It doesn't seem to take suspicion to heart at all.
She bypassed the guards, took a few steps and turned back, grimacing at them.
Jin Ge was still glaring at her with horizontal eyebrows, but the next second he shivered inexplicably at Lu Nian's eyes, and turned his head with a cold snort.
began to complain: "Your Highness, this girl of the Chi family is too blind, and I don't know how Chi Xiang disciplines her at home on weekdays!"
Shen Zhanghua lowered his eyes and pondered, and didn't raise his head when he heard this, "What are you going to provoke her to do." ”
……?
Jin Ge was silent, and after a while, he asked, "Your Highness, what about their suspicions?" Just let them go? ”
Shen Zhanghua remembered Chi Suihe's round eyes because of anger, remembered her decision to throw off her hand and go to the fire yesterday, and felt a rare sense of shame for her suspicions.
"It has nothing to do with them, check again."
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Baisheng Temple, quiet and quiet, ancient wood forest.
I didn't see anyone walking at the moment, and it was quiet all the way, and the insects in the grass only added to the quietness.
Chi Suihe pursed his lips tightly, and he didn't look back for three steps, and did two steps, all the way to the hillside outside the temple.
Lu Nian followed silently, watching her skirt that was getting longer and longer because of her gradual weakness, and bent down to pick it up silently.
One of them almost fell, but Chi Suihe stood firmly, gasping and stopping, only to find that his body was a lot lighter.
Turning his head to look at the person who helped him lift the hem of his skirt, he bit his lip and turned around, as if he was competing with himself, walking faster and faster, and walking more and more urgently.
But no matter how fast she walked, Lu Nian could maintain the same distance behind her at a constant speed.
There was no sound at all, no breath, and it was as quiet as if there was no such person.
On this mountain road, the corners of her skirt are not dirty at all.
It was another stumbling block, Chi Suihe's foot slipped and slammed forward, and as expected, he was picked up steadily.
Lu Nian calmly held her steady, and stood silently behind her, without asking her what she was going to do, without complaint, she looked like a bully.
Chi Suihe was even more angry, but she didn't know what she was angry about.
Lu Nian met her eyes at this moment, and his voice was steady: "Is Miss angry with slaves?" ”
"It's not." Chi Suihe turned his head.
"Mademoiselle has done a good job."
For no reason, he suddenly said this.
At this moment, the long, heavy bell rang, echoing in the valley.
A loud sound seemed to knock on people's hearts, and those complicated emotions that were tangled and disorderly and depressed in the heart dissipated instantly.
Chi Suihe was excited, as if waking up from a dream, and there was only a quiet feeling left in his heart.
He exhaled heavily, and whispered as if looking for comfort: "Lu Nian..."
"The slave is here."
She turned her back to herself, and she didn't see a voice for a while, and Lu Nian's eyebrows and eyes gently circled in front of her.
One drop, two drops, three drops... Only then did he realize that Chi Suihe was crying silently.
The corners of his mouth, which has always been slightly upturned, are deflated, his eyelashes are wet, and there are shiny droplets, and the tip of his nose and eye sockets are red.
Lu Nian was stunned for a moment, stiffened in place, and didn't know how to react for a while.
Recalling the time when my grandfather comforted herself, he reached out and gently landed on her head, rubbing it stiffly.
He could probably guess why Miss was crying, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still said: "Miss has done a good job." ”
Chi Suihe is just angry with himself.
She originally thought that she was just a spectator, that the characters in the book had their own destinies, that she had done what she could, and that the rest was creation.
But when life passed in front of her, she found that she still couldn't be indifferent.
She entered the book, became a character in the book, and could no longer be a spectator.
She wasn't a virgin, but she was dealing with people, living people, and if she had done something earlier, wouldn't they have survived.
"Because of Miss's acumen, she has saved many people, and if it weren't for the gunpowder removed along the way, the entire Hundred Saints Mountain would not have been spared. At that time, all the young lady can see from standing here is a barren land. ”
They now stood on the top of the hill on the hillside, overlooking the whole of Parkson Mountain, lush and green, and from time to time a crisp crane chirping overhead, casting patches of shadows.
Chi Suihe quietly let the breeze blow the ends of her hair, looking at the golden ancient temple not far away, her emotions came and went quickly, and her heart calmed down because of these words.
As if he suddenly figured it out, he squinted at Lu Nian on the side, "Lu Nian, thank you." ”
After a pause, he added, "It's good that you're here." ”
Wear books, come and come, she always has to leave some traces of herself, even if she can't change anything, it's better than nothing.
Her skin glowed white in the sun, and the wind blew her hair and the corners of her clothes, releasing pleasure and ease.
Lu Nian felt that she was grateful for more than this, but she didn't plan to say more, so she didn't say much.
Looking at her comfortable face, she curled her lips and added in her heart:
I'm going to thank you, my miss.