Chapter 2: Encounters
I always feel like something is pulling me, and it seems like someone is constantly calling for me. I forced myself to wake up. But he couldn't open his eyes. I used all my strength to feel that my eyes were still blurry. I was so tired that I didn't struggle to wake up anymore, so I fell asleep again. Finally, I opened my eyes as naturally as a sleeping animal. Feel refreshed. I raised my wrist to see what time it was. Found the wrist empty. I got up to get my phone, but I felt that something was not right, my clothes, I looked at my shoes on the floor, and stayed there for two seconds. I quietly put on my shoes and stood up to take a look at my surroundings.
It doesn't seem to be my room, I'm sleeping pills and haven't woken up yet? Is this still my dream? But this is obviously very real, I'm very sober, where is this? Why am I dressed in period clothes? Why isn't there a single person around? I thought blankly. After a few seconds of staring, I slowly began to move, walking around to observe the room, which was an ancient pattern, and the furnishings and beds in the room were familiar costume scenes from the TV. What the hell is this place, and what is it like this? I tentatively walked out of the door, there was no one around, it was a very unfamiliar environment, it was an empty courtyard, and I didn't have time to observe what flowers and plants were around. I walked cautiously along the road, the silence around me made me feel a little less settled, I hated this abrupt feeling, and after walking a short way, I saw another closed gate, reddish-brown.
I opened the gate softly, it seems to be a yard outside, not a big road, it doesn't look like a park, I walked along the gravel road, passed through a rockery, and now there is a big pond, the pond seems to be some decayed lotus leaves, I didn't care too much, I hurriedly crossed the wooden bridge in the pool, I looked around vigilantly from time to time, crossed the bridge and continued to walk along the place like a big garden, I walked and complained softly, why is it so big here, why can't I go out, There isn't even a road sign around. Gradually, as if I had walked into another garden, there was a large bamboo forest, and I walked along the road between the bamboo forests, and I felt that this place gradually became more popular, and there seemed to be a voice of talking. I continued along the path, and there were two intersecting paths in front of me. I hesitated which way to choose with my skirt in both hands, but I saw a figure stopped at the intersection on one side with my peripheral vision, and I suddenly turned around with my skirt in both hands, and saw a man and a woman, dressed in the same ancient costume as me.
"Hello, may I ask what kind of place this is?" I asked them fixedly.
Somehow, there was a heavy sense of indifference and looming hatred in the man's eyes. The woman's face was still cold, but there was a hint of doubt. It seems like we're meeting for the first time, so why do you hate me so much? I looked at the two of them nonchalantly, "Hello, can you tell me how to get out" I asked them again. "I've seen the princess Niangniang" The woman stepped forward and lowered her head half-bent her knees. I was a little startled by this sudden move, and silently took a step back. Don't know what to say. She was still in that position. I looked at the man next to me in a daze, and he stepped forward and gently picked up the woman, "Are you awake?" What are you doing here? "The voice is cool and steady." Are you guys filming a TV series? I asked politely.
"Luotong saluted you, did you ignore it like that? Presumptuous," he swallowed his anger and drank coldly at me. I was taken aback unguardedly and looked at them with wide eyes. I'm not in a very good mood and mixed with a slight sense of anxiety, there are so many things that I haven't figured out, but I have to face two strange people here inexplicably. I was not angry, my face was cold, and I looked at them without any warmth in my eyes, "Are you a little polite?" I'm just asking for directions, if you want to make a TV series, don't take me with you. I turned around and walked away with a displeased face. Stop, you're really getting more and more presumptuous, so ignorant of the rules. I didn't want to entangle with them, and I didn't hold my skirt back to leave, but I was blocked by another woman at the intersection in front of me, I raised my face and was about to look at her, after a crisp sound of "pop", my face began to swell, and it was hot. The clear pain made me realize that this could not be a dream, it should be a real thing. Before he could react, he heard the woman's voice, "The concubine came to see the prince and saw the princess." The concubine has already taught this girl a lesson for the prince, so don't be angry, don't be angry" "Get up" I turned around and looked at the three of them, the man was displeased, the cold woman was expressionless, and the woman who had just walked over smiled like a flower, and looked at me with disdain.
I walked up to her step by step, and she said with a proud expression, "If you don't know the rules... I didn't allow her to finish my sentence and slapped her hard, and while she was looking surprised, I threw it on the other side of her face, probably too hard, and I felt my body tremble a little. But I only felt it myself, and no one in the room noticed my trembling. I stared at the woman calmly, "What are you doing, slut" He grabbed my wrist and threw it to the side, I stumbled backwards, stretched out my hands to find balance, and forced myself to stand there. A white dress opened up in an elegant half-arc like scattered fireworks in an instant, and shrank together in an instant, leaving only a slight sway.
I took a hard breath, glared at the man in front of me, and finally couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, "You're a slut, right, do you deserve to be a man?" It's really unreasonable to do it to women, if you are sick, go to the hospital quickly, don't go crazy here. "What are you talking about, I don't know whether to live or die" He clenched his fists and strode in front of me, because of the height difference, I had to raise my head and look at him, and was about to refute, the cold woman quickly walked over and held his hand, "Lord Wang, don't be so angry, it's not worth it to be angry, and she doesn't seem to be pretending Let's take a look at the situation first." "Sister Side Concubine, if the prince is not in good health, it is this cheap woman who provokes it, you should let the prince vent his anger." "Don't talk yet." The cold woman spoke quietly. I looked at them coldly, and when there was a stalemate, a little girl with a hurried look ran up to me in a panic and said, "Miss, why did you run out by yourself." When he saw them on the other side, he knelt down directly, "The slave and maid visited the prince and saw the side concubine and the concubine Niangniang." I hesitated to look at the girl kneeling on the ground, slowly calmed down, the atmosphere was still in a stalemate, the man didn't say anything, the girl still knelt on the ground and didn't move, I realized that everyone's makeup was not the actor I had seen, not the smell of modern cosmetics and perfumes, it was a smell that I was not very familiar with.
It's not a wig, and the more important point is that this should be the end of spring, and now it's winter, there was a heavy snowfall two days ago, just the night before Jiang Kan died, am I also dead? So all this is real, not filming a TV series, my breathing gradually became heavy, I looked around in confusion, and finally looked at them, and said to the cold woman, "So, is he really the prince?" The woman nodded solemnly. I took a weak step back, unconsciously clenched my hands, trying to suppress my undulating breath and look at him. His face was cold, there was a fire hidden in his eyes, and it was even more obvious that he was a little surprised. "Take your princess back to recuperate, don't be crazy here, don't take half a step out without my order." His voice was surprisingly quiet. "Lord Wang, what are you talking about?" The woman looked startled and was about to retort, but he stopped her voice with a look. "Let's go back," he looked at me deeply, and then pulled the cold woman away.
The girl on the ground finally raised her head and stood up and asked, "Miss, why did you come out, I was looking for you everywhere, let's go back quickly." She said that she was about to come and pull me, but I subconsciously dodged a step back, lowering my head and not looking at her. She looked at me in surprise, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" I was speechless for a long time, silently turned around and walked alone. The heart is empty and full of mixed tastes, fear, confusion, loneliness, a sense of panic that can't be explained, and an anxiety like not being able to find an exit. So I didn't hear her say anything. Back in the courtyard just now, I walked directly into the room and closed the door, shut her straight out of the door, and shut out her voice, I went straight to the bed and lay down. Cover the quilt tightly and leave no space, as if this is the only way to fill your excess space and find your sense of security. How could this be, why did you come to this strange world alone. Jiang Kan, there has never been a moment when you need you more than now. I'm afraid of this kind of breath, and I hate being so cowardly now.
But I couldn't control the unknown fear that was wrapped around me. I can't leave, and I can't go back to Jiangkan. I clutched myself tightly to the quilt and looked at the unfamiliar roof with wariness. The door creaked, and some afterglow spilled in, "Miss, I didn't make any noise to you, I'm a little worried that you can come in and take a look, what's wrong with you, the mood is not quite right." The girl walked straight to my bedside. I relaxed and regained my composure, for I had always been reluctant to reveal my emotions in front of strangers, but I couldn't find the right words to answer her for a long time, so I remained silent. She asked a little panicked, "Miss, are you feeling unwell, or I'll go and ask a doctor." "I already knew that this was not my world, but I couldn't adapt to it for a while. I tried to calm down and said, "No, it's fine." "Miss, why did you run to the side concubine today, fortunately, the prince was not angry, I was shocked when I came back and found that you were gone, so I hurried out to find you." I wanted to be quiet but hesitated to do so, because I found that I was afraid of being so strange. I looked at the little girl and realized that she was about twelve or thirteen years old, and her face that didn't grow much had a different charm, not stunning or ugly, and it was very comfortable to look at. Eventually, I followed my heart and said to her, "Can you go out first, I want to be here alone." "Okay, miss, I'll go out first. Just see you're okay. ”
The air was quiet again, and I leaned silently against the head of the bed. Time flies so slowly here, it's like a century. The sky gradually darkened, from the crack in the door, the afterglow through the window changed from a bunch to a wisp, there was a warm light gradually cooled and darkened, twilight quietly came, the room began to darken, the shadows in the house began to disappear, I quietly felt this abrasive atmosphere. There is also a cold feeling in my heart. There was a knock at the door, "Miss, are you awake, can I go in?" "It's her voice." Hmm," I replied quietly. She walked in and lit the candlestick before saying, "It's evening, it's getting dark, let's eat, Miss", "I don't want to eat, you can eat", "Huh?" She was stunned for a moment, and continued, "Miss, the prince just doesn't allow you to go out, and the other treatment is still with the princess's degree, don't be sad, when the prince is not angry, he will think of you, you eat a little bit, you can't always skip eating." "I just thought it was funny when I looked at her, we weren't on the same mind at all." Let's eat together," I reluctantly said.
"Miss, what are you talking about, I'm just a slave, I can't eat with you at the same table, what's wrong with you today?" She wanted to go on. I had no choice but to spit out directly and said, "It's okay" She looked at me expressionless and went down directly to arrange, I saw other figures, about the same age as her or smaller than her, two or three walked in with food, and she was fiddling with it, I also walked over and was about to fiddle with the dishes and chopsticks by myself, but the three of them suddenly knelt down, "Princess Niangniang, you have tormented the slaves and maids, how dare you let you do it yourself, these are the work of our subordinates" They kowtowed while saying, this situation frightened me and almost didn't hold the bowl steady. I said "oh" in a daze and just stood there at a loss.
The girl hurriedly spoke, "You guys go down first, I'll be here here." The group walked out in an orderly manner. Miss, are you alright, you've been weird since you woke up today. I looked at her and smiled but didn't speak. Handing her the chopsticks, she wanted to say something but held back. I couldn't help but be dumbfounded when I looked at the food on the table, it was so extravagant and wasteful, there were vegetarian dishes, meat dishes, and some that I couldn't name. How did this one person finish eating? Although I hesitated, I didn't say a word, I only ate some green vegetables, and found that the food of the ancient people was also very delicious, but the taste was not quite the same as ours, I didn't show much surprise, I just thought quietly, I used some porridge and put it there, "You eat" I was going to sit here and wait for her to finish eating, but she got up in a panic and began to clean up, "The slave is used up" and said that she called someone to come in and remove a table of food.
Then I didn't know what to do, I paced slowly in the room, this is the living room, it's quite big, but the things are a little gaudy and tacky. I sat on the chair next to me and supported the edge of the chair with both hands, looked down at the ground in a quiet daze, she gently walked over and asked, "Miss, you are in a bad mood, I will go out for a walk with you" I raised my head and looked at her and nodded, followed her all the way to the back courtyard, it turned out that this residence is not small, the backyard is also a variety of flowers and plants, and a forest, I walked numbly, I didn't want to stop, she looked at me so silent but no longer spoke, Silence fell. I just walked aimlessly, wanting to just go back and go to the world that belonged to us. But I knew I couldn't go back, I was going to live alone here, and I didn't stop until late. The heavy night covers the surroundings, without any pollution here, in such a night there will still be mixed with a slightly cool atmosphere, the night dew wets the grass with a unique fragrance. Walking like this calmed my heart a little bit, and my consciousness gradually told me that you would get used to it. "Miss, let's go back when it's late." Her voice seemed to echo in the lonely courtyard. "Well, let's go..."
When I got back to the door, I said, "Go to sleep." "I haven't waited for you to wash up yet, miss." Her voice echoed outside the door. After a long time, he didn't get a response from me and left alone. After a lingering and strange night, the sky finally shone slightly, and my eyes were dry and astringent. I got up and drank some warm water from the teapot, and then quietly walked out, following the path of yesterday to the back courtyard, and slowly running. I couldn't get rid of this panic and anxiety all night, and I couldn't find an outlet to vent my nerves. The more uneasy you are, the more silent you are, and the more silent you are, the more uneasy you are. I held my breath and kept running forward, and came to a hidden place as if I had deviated, and saw a small back door there, I opened the door and ran out without much thought, and the scene was still the same outside, there were roads, flowers and plants, and a sparse plum blossom forest. The plum blossom forest is separated by a rockery that is not too big or small. I ran round and round along the path that circled it.
Slowly there was a lack of oxygen, and I began to pant slightly. Somehow the sky began to rain lightly, thin but dense and densely smashing down, and my current state of mind is so corresponding, the rain has no intention of stopping, and I have no intention of stopping, running forward with its rhythm, trying to find a breakthrough. With thoughts, I didn't notice anything in front of me, so I slammed into a person's body, forced to stop, I bent over and pressed my hands on my stomach and gasped for breath, tired and too tired to straighten up to look at the person's face, and said "I'm sorry" vaguely.
Yesterday the incident happened in a hurry, it seemed that she didn't see her too clearly, this was the second time she appeared in front of her after waking up, as if something was different, looking at her body that was still bent over and panting, how did she lose weight like this, her shadowy face was as small as a palm, her thin body was like tissue paper, but her skin was fairer and more delicate, her neck extending downward was so slender, and her collarbone was delicately looming. She seemed like a different person. Beads of rain or sweat gathered on the side of her face, on her neck, and on the rim of her sunken collarbone. It's so clean and delicate that you can't take your eyes off it. There was no sound for a long time and there was no way, and I had to lift my face. When I saw the person in front of me, I almost sat on the ground. He stared at me with a blank face. I looked at him in a daze, my mind was blank, I forgot how to greet him, her eyes were clear and deep, and a puddle of clear water could flow out at any time. It was as if it looked straight into his heart.
"The facial features on such a face are not unique when viewed separately, but when combined, they have such a delicate and perfect deterrent power. Pure to the extreme, but a few hints of melancholy leaking through the eyes add to the haze and maturity. Looking at her like this, her whole person felt strange. Is this the cold and late that used to be? Now she has everything just right. One can only think of the phrase "just right". Gong Nan Du thought quietly in his heart, and said without showing any emotion on his face, "Leng Chiwan, what are you doing here." "I, I, that,,,,, what's your name?" After thinking about it for a long time, I still asked this question in a hurry. I pursed my lips and closed my eyes quietly. Covering up my embarrassment at this moment, I pretended to look at him calmly, a very comfortable face, a little angular, and a little sharp at the tip of my eyebrows. "How do you feel the déjà vu in those eyes?"
Hearing what she said, Gong Nandu's brows immediately furrowed. "I am the only prince of the Great Calendar, this is the palace, what is the name of this king?"
"I'm called Leng Chiwan?"
I saw his face twitch unconsciously, "Did she lose her memory after the fire, I don't want to delve into this problem anymore, it doesn't matter what she has become, her family is left with her alone, and it won't cause any trouble, just leave her life alone in that courtyard to live her life, if she really loses her memory like this, it will be the best result for her." ”
"Don't come out again, disobeying orders is a capital crime, keep your life alive." After a moment's pause, he said coldly, then crossed me with his sword in his hand, ready to leave.
"Then you're going to kill me." I raised my voice and turned abruptly, staring stubbornly at his back.
"You want to die? Don't get an inch from this king. His clenched sword stabbed at me suddenly, stopping at the moment when it was pressed to the throat, and looking at me with an angry expression.
I was stunned and didn't react to dodge his sword, then I turned my face and looked into the distance and said, "I want to go home." ”
After a long time, he left me without saying a word, I stayed where I was and watched his departing back hold my trembling and weak legs, it turned out that I would still be afraid of death, even if I couldn't wait to leave this world, but when death was so close to me, I would have the urge to dodge.
It was already time for breakfast, Xi Luotong had already prepared everything, but he didn't see the prince come back, "Why haven't you come back so late today, it's still raining lightly outside" She asked her personal maid Jiang'er. Before he heard the answer, he watched the prince walk in quickly, his face was not very good, and there was a layer of fog in his eyes, "Come on, order to go down, put your hand on Liao Lengge, everyone inside is not allowed to take a step, and those who violate the order will be killed." Xi Luotong was not moved in the slightest after hearing such an order. While changing his slightly wet clothes, he asked, "Lord Wang, why are you so angry with her?" "Isn't she presumptuous, and she's not afraid of death?" "She didn't pretend to do it, nor did she mean it, you should be aware of it." Xi Luotong looked at the prince who was no longer talking, and continued to calm down, "She doesn't seem to remember some things, so don't continue to hold on, so that each other can be calm." "Let's eat," Gong Nandui thought for a while and said coldly.
I stood there for a long, long time before I found my support point, my legs and feet were still a little weak, and the sky was still floating like that, so I stood there and calmed down for a long time before walking back. As soon as I stepped into the courtyard, the little girl hurriedly ran over and helped me, "Miss, where have you been, you are all wet like this." I looked at her anxious look and said that it was okay, and then withdrew my arm. I don't like the distance so close. "I got up early in the morning and didn't find you, I was frightened, now there are guards everywhere outside the door, Miss Wang Ye has given an order, you can't run out anymore, there will be trouble." Hearing her say this, a fire suddenly rushed up in my heart, I walked quickly to the door and didn't step out of the front foot, sure enough, the four guards were all carrying swords, "Girl, the prince has ordered you not to step out of Liao Leng Pavilion." "I looked at the scene in front of me like a dream, I felt ironic and funny, I am not a person from this world at all, and I am still being grounded, I look at myself and feel a little unreal, I am not from here, why should I care, what qualifications do you have to restrain me. Thinking so, I turned to one of the guards and asked, "You guys are funny, do you need someone else to take care of my freedom?" "Girl, this is the prince's order."
"There is no prince, and there is no need to tell me this." "Girl, don't embarrass us, if you disobey the prince's order, you won't be killed." I didn't like to explain anything, so I stepped directly and prepared to walk out, one of the guards immediately pulled out his sword and stabbed it, I swept it over with cold eyes and didn't care, "This girl, are you going to break in?" One of the guards asked sharply. I didn't realize how important the world's commands were. The life of this world can also be trampled on. This is the clearest time for the distinction between the superior and the low. When a piercing pain was transmitted to the brain nerves and quickly spread throughout the body, and then quietly opened his eyes and watched the rows of dazzling blood slide down his arms, falling to the ground and splashing red prints. The scarlet reflected in my eyes instantly pulled back my wandering soul. I looked up and glared incredulously at the guard in front of me. Beside her was the girl's anxious calls and reproaches.
I think I'm going to be hollow, and it's the tinnitus that will appear in time like the moment the doctor announced Jiang Kan's death. But their conversation was so clear. "You are too presumptuous, Miss is the princess of the prince, you dare to hurt her, are you not afraid that the prince will blame?" The girl shrieked and intimidated. "The prince has an order, those who disobey will be killed, we have shown mercy to our subordinates, and if you make trouble again, we will kill you together. It's a dream to return the princess," the guard said disapprovingly. "How could the prince give such an order, you must have heard it wrong, I'll go to the prince to ask for clarification." "If you dare to take another step, I will immediately send you down to see Hades." I covered my wound with my hand in my hand, silently turned around and walked towards the yard. The little girl anxiously chased after me and picked up my injured arm, "Miss, you are injured, I will go and bandage you, and then find a way to notify the prince to send a doctor to diagnose your pulse." With my left arm in my hand, I silently walked past her and sat down at the stone table in the courtyard.
"Miss, you've been in the rain for so long, and now you're injured and bleeding non-stop, if you don't bandage it, you'll be delayed, you'll have an accident, Miss." I still sat there and didn't move. "Miss, you don't want to be like this, no matter what, you have to live, how can you be so uncaring for your body." She sobbed and sobbed. Finally, I looked up at the sky and forgot that it was still raining. "Oh, how can you sit in the rain, the concubine brought all her sisters to greet the princess, and I have seen the princess." A familiar voice rang in my ears. I stood up and turned my face. It was really the seductive woman that day. There were also two or three unfamiliar faces, and they stood there proudly, allowing their attendants to stand in the rain and hold umbrellas for them.
Such a misty rain, such a beautiful and picturesque, but it makes people's hearts cold for a while. She saw that I didn't speak for a long time, so she stepped forward with a smile, "The princess and concubine will help you go to the house to change your clothes, you are wet and easy to get sick, and the concubine didn't know that you were the princess that day, so I didn't mean to offend you, and I hope that the princess and concubine will not hold a grudge against the concubine." "Ah, why are you injured, princess, go back to the prince." One of the women, with delicate facial features and slightly dark skin, ordered the attendants beside her in surprise. Listen to their coquettish and hypocritical words. I felt sick for a while, and I couldn't understand the way I spoke here, so I said unnaturally, "Thank you, I, I'm going to rest first, you guys go back." "I walked away as if I was running away.。。
"Sister You, is this what the prince said about the princess, why do you feel that she is a little stupid." "I don't know, but my cousin told me." "What's the use of such a princess, she is already a person discarded by the prince, and she still comes to see what she does?" "Can a princess who is not favored and discarded still be a princess? Concubine Ben was still afraid of what she would do, even if she beat her, the prince didn't take it to heart, hum. The three of them talked and laughed on the way back. On the side road on the other side, Xi Luotong saw the figure of the three of them leaving, so he also turned around and prepared to go back. "Niangniang, aren't we going to see the princess?" "The first snow and they have all gone back, it seems that there is no major incident, let's go." She said coldly. "Niangniang, the princess has not been a good person in recent years, what do you have to worry about her, let them make trouble." "The prince is very busy with government affairs, and he can't take care of these family affairs, so if I can calm him down, I will try to help him deal with these chores." Xi Luotong said with a tired look in his eyes.
"What's your name?" I asked the girl next to me coldly. She wiped her tears and replied in surprise, "I'm Miss Moyi, have you forgotten, you've been weird since you woke up." I watched as she carefully tore the clothes from my arm and wiped the tears from her face. You can help me get a bottle of wine and gauze. She nodded with a smile and ran over. I looked around, slowly walked to the mirror and stopped, stared at the bronze mirror with my eyes tightly, looked at the face that was not unfamiliar inside, and said to myself, "You can only go back by dying, it is better for you to do it yourself than to die on the ruthless people in this world." I took a deep breath and picked up the bronze mirror and smashed it hard, picking up the edges and corners of it and stabbing it into the artery in my neck. It's finally time to put an end to the ordeal here. I closed my eyes and fell,,,