04 Imprisonment
After Jielan heard this, she hurriedly took the moon blade, left Princess Jing's side, and saluted the city lord of Yuqing, she was extremely nervous at the moment, because the scene where she used the moon blade to target Princess Jing's throat just now must have been seen by him, and he didn't know how the city lord would punish herself, because she knew that this princess Jing was his own sister after all, and he treated the other party like this, how could he not be angry.
As soon as Princess Jing saw her brother, she immediately burst into tears, she stood up, limped to Yu Qing, threw herself into his arms, and cried bitterly, "If you don't come again, your sister will be killed by that woman!" ”
Yu Qing didn't hug Princess Jing back, but looked up at Jielan, his eyes full of questions. Jielan didn't distinguish anything, because she felt that compared to his own sister, she didn't need to say which was more important, not to mention that what he saw was the last scene, what could she explain even if she explained? She simply turned her head sideways, as if she was at his disposal.
When she thought that she would hear Yu Qing's scolding immediately, what Jielan didn't expect was to hear a 'pop' sound, followed by an exclamation of 'ah' from those palace people.
Jielan turned her head to look at Yu Qing, but saw that he had already pushed his sister out of his arms, and Princess Jing covered her face and looked at her brother in amazement, because she was too frightened, her tears were also taken back, she wanted to cry but couldn't cry, "Why, why, why do you treat me like this?" Princess Jing was a little dazed and asked one by one.
"I complain that I usually spoil you too much, which makes you so lawless, you don't listen to the king's order, escape without permission, and fight behind the city, do you know that you have committed a capital crime, if you are not punished today, how can you make this master worthy of the people of this world, how can you be worthy of Jielan, who has been hurt by you several times." Yu Qing scolded sternly, leaving no room for mercy.
"So, you're going to kill me for this woman?" Princess Jing looked at her brother in a daze, unable to believe all this.
"You brought it on yourself, and why do you blame me?" Yu Qing also closed his eyes, looking a little hurt.
Princess Jing suddenly sneered, "Okay, if she wants to kill me, you pretend not to see it, but you want me to pay for my life for a woman like her, are you still my brother?" Or do you love my brother since I was a child? Or is it the brother who would rather give up his life to protect me? You have changed, everything has changed, and the reason why you have changed is because of this woman, it is this woman who has lost your heart and made you no longer love me. I hate you so much. Speaking of this, Princess Jing was already in tears, and she stood alone in the courtyard, like the broken laurel, falling with her desperate beauty.
Yu Qing looked at his sister and didn't say anything, just looked at it sadly, as if he was also suppressing the grief in his heart and didn't want to vent it.
Jielan didn't expect that the city lord of Yuqing would not punish herself, but would execute Princess Jing, she didn't expect things to turn out like this, and she didn't expect that Yu Qing would care so much about herself, what Princess Jing said before that he wanted to have her just wanted to use her made Jielan feel that it was just Princess Jing's provocative words, but since she was fine, Jielan didn't want to embarrass the city lord of Yuqing because of this matter, she stepped forward and pleaded: "Although Princess Jing is wrong in this matter, I also have some responsibility, Please don't punish Princess Jing for her injury, or I will be upset. ”
Yu Qing saw Jielan pleading, and hurriedly said: "She hurt you so badly, and violated the royal order, if you don't punish it, how can you convince the public." ”
"Now is about to be the time for you and me to get married, punishing Princess Jing at this time will probably make our wedding a collision, so I hope that the city lord of Yuqing will not pursue it again, just treat it as me and Princess Jing to learn swordsmanship." Although Jielan was very angry with this princess Jing, she always felt that she was quite pitiful, so she didn't want to make a big deal out of herself.
Yu Qing heard Jielan's persuasion, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, after all, this is his sister, how can he bear to behead her, he is a city brother, he hurriedly said: "The death penalty can be avoided, but you still have to be punished, otherwise if you are so arrogant and arrogant, sooner or later you will break into a big disaster." He said to a thirty-year-old guard beside him: "Chang guard, you take the princess to the 'ban prison', let her reflect inside for ten days, and then let her out after ten days, if she sneaks out again this time, I will ask you." ”
Chang Guard's order, walked up to the princess, and arched his hand: "It's rude, princess, please!" ”
Princess Jing looked at Yu Qing sideways, the anger and sadness in her eyes could not be described in words, she only felt that it was like a sea of ice, and everywhere she touched it was cold and biting, she didn't say anything more, just walked forward, and the seemingly graceful figure also seemed lonely and lonely.
Jielan knew that this incident had made Princess Jing hate herself, and she didn't know how to face her in the future and how to get along?
Yu Qing approached Jielan's side, and Wen Yan asked, "How is your injury?" Is it serious? I'm really sorry, I've hurt Jing a few times, but I, the city lord, can't do anything, I really can't help you. ”
Jielan shook her head and said, "It's okay, I think Princess Jing just cares too much about you, the city brother, so she hates me very much, maybe if you treat her better, she won't be so extreme." ”
"It seems that it is indeed a blessing for the lord to marry a person as generous and benevolent as you and become the queen of the city, and I hope that the Qing Zhou City will become more and more prosperous after you and become the head of all cities." Yu Qing said with a smile.
When Jielan heard this, she felt as if she had been slapped hard, she could hardly believe her ears, it turned out that he still had such an expectation in his heart, hoping that he could bring prosperity to this city and make this Qing Zhou City the first city. It turned out that what Princess Jing said was not a lie, but it was in the heart of her city brother, but she blindly believed that he was so persistent because he loved herself.
Thinking of this, Jielan felt so ridiculous, and the pain in her body also passed again at this moment, making it difficult for her to support her heavy body, and she fainted and fell to the ground.
Yu Qing was startled, and hurriedly helped Jielan up, and called, "Blue, blue." But no matter how she shouted, Jielan couldn't wake up in a heavy state, he hurriedly picked her up and brought her back to the 'Jiaolan Palace', he put her on the bed, and ordered Gonggong Li to summon the imperial doctor quickly, and Gonggong Li quickly withdrew.
Yu Qing held Jielan's hand tightly, he felt that Jielan's hand was cold and biting, so he held her hand in the palm of his hand and rubbed it gently, hoping to give her some warmth.
In her sleep, Jielan felt that someone was treating her like this, but she also felt a little, but she wanted to open her eyes to see who it was, but her heavy eyelids could not be opened, so she had to let him rub it, and after a while, Jielan felt very tired and tired, and even lost the last trace of consciousness she maintained, and finally fell asleep completely.
It wasn't until the middle of the next day that Jielan woke up, and as soon as she woke up, the palace maids around her hurriedly came to serve, serving the medicine, taking the water, and taking the clothes, and suddenly it was crowded, and the people in the whole room seemed to be running around for her.
I only heard one of the palace people: "Go and report to the Lord, just say that the Jielan envoy has woken up." ”
Then a palace man went out of the palace, and it seemed that he had gone to report to the city lord of Yuqing.
Jielan actually didn't want to see Yu Qing, after she drank the medicine, she felt a little sleepy, and wanted to rest for a while, so she only said: "You asked the city lord not to come to the Jiaolan Hall again, just say that I took the medicine and fell asleep." ”
The palace maid who served her to drink the medicine was obviously embarrassed, and said: "The Lord has worried about you all night, even if the young lady does not see the Lord, we also need to report to the Lord that we are safe, otherwise the Lord will be very worried." ”
"Worried about me all night?" Jielan asked.
The palace maid nodded, "Yes, the lord has been by the side of the young lady last night, until dawn the imperial doctor said that your condition has stabilized before leaving, the lord was still worried about you when he left, and ordered us to live a good life. ”
"He watched over himself all night, so the feeling that came from his hand last night was his?" Jielan thought silently, she was suddenly a little confused, I don't know if Yu Qing really loves herself, or fake, but whether it is true or not, her feelings are not mixed in, it is just a transaction, using her own emotions to trade Chengfeng's life, although she is despicable in doing so, but she does not regret it, because she gave up everything to promise the other party, which is also a kind of despair for her.
Jielan finally asked the palace people to tell the city lord not to come over and disturb her rest, she just wanted to spend these four days in peace, and then prepared to wear the phoenix crown and become the queen of this Qing Zhou City.
Suddenly, the palace began to get busy, hanging lanterns, preparing ribbons, pasting Xi characters, purchasing wedding banquet ingredients, cleaning the palace, sewing wedding dresses, etc., everything was going on nervously, but the whole city court was also full of joy, but Jielan's heart did not care about this matter at all, and never showed a smile, the palace maids who served her felt very strange, although they were very curious, no one dared to ask, so they had to bury their heads in their own business.
In this way, three days passed, and on the fourth day, Jielan saw that the date was approaching, so she began to be restless, she really wanted to escape, but she had a responsibility but could not escape, she stayed alone in the 'Jiaolan Palace' and did not allow any palace people to enter the house to serve, those palace people had never seen her lose such a big temper, and they all fled far away, not daring to disturb.
Jielan sat on the bed, feeling ridiculous like this, as if she had become a bird in a cage, for people to have fun and be at the mercy of others, and she would always be imprisoned in this cage, unable to get out, she had never hoped that this night would never pass as much as she did now, she always hoped that the sky would not light up.
But these are just her dreams. She sat on the ground by herself, leaning against the railing of the bed, clasping her legs, and suddenly she began to cry bitterly, and even if she wept bitterly, she could not make a sound, because she was afraid of being heard, and she was afraid that if these palace people spread the news of her crying to the city lord, she would not be able to accomplish the second thing.
It turned out that at this time, she still couldn't let go of those responsibilities, let alone release her emotions well, she really never felt wronged like now, she cried silently for a long, long time, until the moon hung high in the sky, and the cold moonlight spilled down through the window, she felt a little tired of crying, Jielan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, exhaled a few breaths deeply, and stood up.