Chapter 9: Red and Cold

It was night, the starlight was dim, Qu Gao was dressed in black, appeared in the backyard of Nanyang Palace, this palace was extremely luxurious, the courtyard wall was three zhang high, the guards were distributed on all sides, the lights of each door and courtyard were fired, and the sheng song continued, Rao is to force the night back by three points.

"Buzz~Buzz~" Qu Gao Zheng didn't know where to look, faintly heard someone stroking the piano, the sound of the piano was flying and free, and it was thick and majestic, as if he was on the battlefield to fight and kill the enemy, Qu Gao only felt the blood stirring, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, he had always heard that the king of Nanyang was rotten, and there was someone in the house who could play such a tune? According to the sound, I came to a slightly secluded courtyard, Qu Gao turned over the wall, bowed down, and saw a woman in the courtyard, wearing a light yellow bead-rimmed jacket, a moon-white silk flower skirt at the hem, cloud temples lightly pulled, long hair hanging down the waist, is not Zhu Yan. Looking at no one around, Qu Gao whistled softly.

Zhu Yan raised her head shallowly, saw Qu Gao, first surprised, and then smiled, her makeup today is just right, like a quiet orchid, this smile, it is really like a cloud breaking through the moon, extremely moving, Qu Gao's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but look stupid.

"You're here." Zhu Yan's face was slightly red, he lowered his brows, and coughed lightly.

Qu Gao came back to his senses and looked sideways: "Miss Zhu is well!" ”

"Lao Qulang remembers, the concubine will work hard to protect herself." Zhu Yan smiled faintly, her heart warmed, and she didn't realize that her eyes were moist.

Is she okay? From the moment she knew that she was a woman, she knew that she would not be able to be safe in this life, and in the family, she would sooner or later become a tool for the family to consolidate its power, which was the fate of the women of the family. In order to get rid of it, she has been working hard to learn to take care of the family industry, and finally did better than her brothers, and even proposed a strategy of exchanging food in other places to create huge benefits for the family, but she still can't escape it......

The family gave it to the fifty-year-old King of Nanyang as a concubine, in order to let her blow the wind on the pillow of the King of Nanyang, so as not to cut off the business route of the Zhu family.

"Qu Lang's intention, I already know. This matter is beyond the control of my father, and it is the king of Nanyang who is intervening. Zhu Yan said unwillingly, whether she was unwilling to interrupt the strategy of easy food, or unwilling to defend the family, she couldn't say it herself.

Qu Gao was puzzled: "Why is this?" There is no surplus grain in Nanyang City, rice prices are expensive, and refugees in the city are displaced, is the king of Nanyang completely ignoring? ”

Zhu Yan could hear the anger in Qu Gao's voice, and the corners of his thin red mouth rose slightly, "What if I say that this is also my idea?" Qu Gao's face was full of doubts, and Zhu Yan chuckled: "In order to protect the Zhu family, but also to protect Nanyang." Only by making Nanyang a piece of chicken ribs without meat can Hu people not raise troops to attack, and only by letting Nanyang always maintain a state of lack of food, whether it is the king of Nanyang or the Nanyang clan, they still need the Zhu family. ”

Qu Gaoshi didn't expect that these words came from her mouth, and she couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart, if all this was her calculation, it would be terrible! This little woman actually played with the entire Nanyang City in the palm of her hand, one step at a time, even if she was in the orphanage, she was in control of the situation in Nanyang.

"I'm leaving." Qugao Road.

"I know." Zhu Yan lowered his head and said lightly: "Give me three days, and I will find a way to get the deed back and hand it over to you." ”

Qu Gao turned around and was about to jump off the wall when he suddenly heard a sigh behind him. What is she sighing about? She has such wisdom and courage, and she is married to the palace, is there anything she is not satisfied with? Then I slapped my head, how could I be so confused, how could she be willing to marry someone older than her father! How could that bold and straightforward temperament be willing to live in this deep courtyard!

"Will you come with me?" Qu Gao didn't know how to ask this sentence, Xu thought that he would be like Zhu Yan in a month, and he would seem to marry the daughter of Taishou in a bright way, but what was the point of that fate that was not under his control.

Qu Gao didn't turn around, he also felt that he was abrupt, he and Zhu Yan had only met twice, and he couldn't say that he knew about it, so it was a little ridiculous to ask like this, but it was too quiet, so quiet that Qu Gao obviously heard Zhu Yan's accelerated heartbeat and his shoulders trembled slightly, and he didn't answer for a long time, she was also hesitating.

"Qu Lang looks up to concubines too much, concubines are just a woman, if you leave here, there is no family, no money, how much better can a concubine be?" Zhu Yan said this sentence almost coldly, she knew her identity and the family mission on her shoulders, she knew how to weigh and choose the pros and cons since she was a child, and it was impossible for her to turn her back on the family. Even for a moment, she wanted to just leave, regardless of the affectionate family, and regardless of the difficulties and dangers in the future, just follow him and live another life that she had never experienced.

Seeing the black shadow jumping down from the wall, Zhu Yan's heart was empty and lost for a while, but then he regained his mood and stroked Yaoqin indifferently, as if nothing had happened.