Volume 1: The Smoke Festival Chapter 28 With You
After a stalemate for a while, Xiao Wei suddenly let go of Xie Wuyi and turned his face to the other side.
"I didn't scratch you, did I?"
"Is Your Highness's injury okay?"
The two of them spoke at the same time, and they were both stunned.
Xiao Wei stepped back a few inches, not daring to look at the snow-white extending from Xie Wuyi's neck. He lowered his head and silently untied the ropes from her feet, remorseful for his impulsiveness.
She didn't like him, was it too presumptuous to joke like this?
But for some reason, seeing her want to break into Wanchun Tower recklessly, Xiao Wei was so irritable that she wanted to go crazy.
Even if her gaze never stayed on him for a moment, he couldn't let her do such an uncertain thing.
Xie Wuyi sat up with one hand and gathered her clothes, she knew that although Xiao Wei's actions seemed to be unruly, he had always been measured, but when he was in trouble, his actions were not fierce and almost rough.
What stimulated him?
Or did Xiao Yu say something to him that made him angry?
But then again, Xiao Wei was right to stop her. Xie Wuyi wanted to go to Wanchun Building on a temporary basis, and it was really inappropriate to calm down and think about it.
It's okay to sell flaws to Chu Yufeng, but you can't sell too much. Whether Ziqiao will be in danger for a while and a half should still be considered in the long run.
The two of them had their own thoughts, and until they returned to Yanwang's Mansion, they didn't say a word to each other.
After getting out of the carriage, Feng Da saw that Xiao Wei and Xie Wuyi had different expressions, especially Xiao Wei's forehead was covered with a dense layer of sweat, and immediately hooked Cheng Yi's neck, "Sigh, have you made Your Highness unhappy?" β
Cheng Yi hadn't recovered from the "Thunderbolt on a Sunny Day" just now, and hurriedly covered Feng Da's mouth and abducted him to the backyard.
"You ...... quietly"
Xie Wuyi followed Xiao Wei all the way back to the bedroom, and suddenly stopped at the door.
In order to continue the investigation, she felt that they needed to talk openly and honestly.
"Your Highness, may I ask you a question?" Xie Wuyi covered the door and leaned against it, "In exchange, you can also ask me a question, and I will not hide from you what I can answer." β
Xiao Wei hugged the bedpost and nodded with a smile.
Xie Wuyi shook his hands, took a deep breath and said, "In Broken Nose Village, you protect Lord Fan, are you waiting for me to come?" β
This question contains too many layers of deep meaning, did Xiao Wei know her identity at that time, whether the court ordered him to stay alive, and whether he asked Ji Lizhu to send her a message......
The most important thing is that Xie Wuyi admitted so easily that she was not Xie Jiuniang.
She even wanted to know this?
Xiao Wei was surprised, he beckoned to Xie Wuyi, wanting her to sit beside him, but Xie Wuyi was unmoved.
She stood straight and looked at him quietly, the flowing sunset casting dazzling light and shadow on her face, and the spring in her eyes gurgling.
All the way to his heart.
"To be honest, I don't know what I'm waiting for. But ......" Xiao Wei shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I didn't want you to come at first." β
Xie Wuyi was puzzled, "Why?" β
said that he only asked one question, and Xiao Wei didn't care, only concentrating on stroking the back of his hand. After a while, he looked up at Xie Wuyi, and there was nothing but exhaustion in his eyes.
"I'm afraid I'm going to hate you."
Xie Wuyi frowned slightly. Although she could feel that Xiao Wei had already recognized that she was Qiao Chun's daughter, she didn't expect him to give such an answer.
Xiao Wei's face was covered by a veil, and the shadow between his eyebrows became even thicker. That shadow was separated by a thin light in the room, as if it was also covering Xie Wuyi's body, making her heart block for no reason.
"If not...... That accident, my eldest brother wouldn't have died. Xiao Wei didn't move, "I know it's not your fault, but ...... At that time, I couldn't forgive you. β
He knew that Xie Wuyi was innocent, and he also interceded for her, but reason couldn't fight emotion after all.
As Xiao Yao's younger brother, he resents her.
But after raising pigs in Broken Nose Village for a few months, Xiao Wei figured out one thing.
There were so many dead soldiers who wanted to put Fan Keyu to death, and it was impossible for the emperor not to know what Xiao Wei was doing. But the emperor acquiesced to him staying in Luzhou, and there may be something else hidden in the matter.
Then, Xiao Wei didn't know where he got his patience. He couldn't find Xie Wuyi at all, and he wasn't sure if she would come, let alone guess the emperor's intentions.
But for Xiao Yao's sake, he still waited day after day.
Until that day, Xiao Wei saw the little girl who had appeared in his dream.
Xiao Wei looked at Xie Wuyi's still calm complexion, how shrewd she was, these words were naturally clear. Xiao Wei stood up and said solemnly and slowly: "So I said that I would be with you, please don't doubt me." This is Zeyang, you are guilty of a serious crime, and it is too dangerous to be alone. β
Just like a stream of heat ironing out the ripples, Xie Wuyi finally determined why Xiao Wei temporarily changed his mind and asked her to meet Fan Keyu after blocking him in every possible way, why he would marry him, and why he wanted to relieve her on the day she broke into Chu Mansion at night, it turned out that he really wanted to find out the real culprit behind the military food escort case.
She wanted to comfort Qiao Chun, and he wanted to comfort Xiao Yao.
From this point of view, their goals are the same.
This is what he "wants".
Although I didn't try the beginning and end of Ji Lizhu, it was enough.
"I see." Xie Wuyi took the initiative to take two steps forward, "I will not take any more risks, and I will no longer doubt His Highness." Before the matter has a result, whatever kind of princess His Highness wants me to be, I will do what His Highness wishes. β
Xiao Wei's footsteps suddenly stopped.
Before things have a result, then what about after.
You're still going to leave without hesitation, right?
Xie Wuyi's face softened slightly, "My question is finished, please ask your Highness if you want to ask me." β
What else is there to ask.
He wanted to ask, and he had already received the answer.
"I didn't expect it for the time being, so let's save it first." Xiao Wei lowered his head and sat on the edge of the table, swallowing his heart full of sorrow, "Something from the military department, come and have a look?" β
After Chu Yufeng was grounded, Xiao Wei asked Feng Da to sneak into the military department to investigate. Feng Da lived up to his expectations and found a secret roster in the dark grid, and by the way, he also copied out the list of officials who accompanied Qiao Chun to escort the military rations.
Xie Wuyi glanced at the list of officials, it was all recorded in black and white, and he really couldn't see anything.
She turned to look at Darkgrid's roster again, frowning as soon as she opened it.
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Wei had seen this roster in the morning, but it was just a record of the lives of his guards, except for some inexplicable code words, there was nothing special.
But Xie Wuyi was different, she recognized at a glance that this was the roster of dead soldiers in the rivers and lakes.
The name is circled in red to indicate that the person is dead, the poem is a secret language arranged in a specific pattern to indicate the facial features, and the small line next to the biography is the real name of the dead man.
"This is a dead man on the rivers and lakes."
Dead?
Officials raising dead soldiers, this is not a small crime, Chu Yufeng is really bold.
A booklet that had nothing to do with the military ration escort case could not convict Chu Yufeng, but this did not delay him in adding to the charges.
"That'...... How about a gift? β
Xiao Wei raised his eyebrows, Xie Wuyi only said that he must be holding back a bad stomach, and he wanted to give Chu Yufeng some color left and right, so he could do it if he wanted to.
Seeing that Xie Wuyi didn't stop him, the corners of Xiao Wei's mouth curled even more wantonly, and he immediately called Feng Da in.
"Dada, copy this booklet as it is, andβ"
"Your Highness! Your Highness, the most wise and martial in the world! Feng Da wanted to cry and knelt beside Xiao Wei's lap without tears, "My subordinates have already copied it again, and my hands are still sore, so I don't want to copy it again...... Woowoo woo ......"
"Fuck off." Xiao Wei stomped his feet in disgust, "You don't need to change your handwriting this time, just copy the words, and find a time with few people to send it to the King of Chu at night." β
I have to find something to do for Xiao Yu, so that he can save him from tossing Xie Wuyi for three days.
"Yes!" Feng Da immediately put away his crying, took the roster and withdrew, and closed the door intimately.
I didn't bother you two this time......
After a short time, Feng Da finished copying the roster, and Xie Wuyi read it several times. Xiao Wei sat opposite, absentmindedly flipping through the book he hadn't finished reading last time, and raised his eyes to peek at her from time to time.
"Is there something on my face?" Xie Wuyi couldn't bear it, threw the roster on the table, got up and leaned in front of the makeup mirror.
Obviously there is nothing, what the hell is he looking at?
was caught, Xiao Wei was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly covered his lips and coughed twice, "No, don't look at it." Go to bed early today, and I'll accompany you to Wanchun Tower tomorrow. β
With that, he let Chun Ni come in to make the bed and prepare things for bathing.
Xiao Wei stood behind Xie Wuyi and wanted to help her shoulder, but after raising his hand a few times, he still gave up. He sighed and asked in a low voice, "How are the injuries on your body, were you pulled by me in the afternoon?" β
"It's okay, it's all minor injuries."
Xie Wuyi pressed around the wound on his right shoulder, the swelling had gradually subsided, and he smiled: "The shoulder just looks serious, and the knives of those thieves haven't been as fast as they can be, so where can they hurt me?" β
Cheng Yi, who was carrying the bathtub into the door, froze suddenly. When Xie Wuyi broke into Fan Keyu's residence at night, he accidentally cut her right arm, which also became something that Cheng Cheng could not forgive himself in his life. He put the bathtub behind the screen and knelt silently in front of Xie Wuyi.
"Please punish the princess."
Before Xie Wuyi could speak, Xiao Wei directly kicked Cheng Yi, "Hurry up, kneel down for the princess at night, what does it look like?" β
Thinking of Xiao Wei and Xie Wuyi in the carriage in the afternoon, Cheng's ears were red, and he slipped out without saying a word.
"You bathe first, I'll ......" Xiao Wei looked left and right, and finally found a reason, "I'll go and see if Dada has come back." β
Xie Wuyi looked at Xiao Wei's hurried back, and couldn't help but scold, why is this person weird today?
Soon, she no longer thought about these abnormalities after Xiao Wei returned from Zhao Jintai. Xie Wuyi couldn't wait to open her eyes until tomorrow, she really wanted to go to Wanchun Tower to find out the situation.
In the past two years, even with Hua Feidu's company and Ji Lizhu's guidance, Xie Wuyi didn't know what she could find. Along the way, in addition to the obsession in her heart, there are always layers of fog in front of her, and every step she takes may be the last step before falling into the cliff.
But now it's different, Fan Keyu exchanged his life for a confession, and Chu Yufeng is already full of flaws. Xie Wuyi had a hunch that when she saw Ziqiao, she would be able to seize an opportunity.
The worst is just that I have too much to worry about and make one more detour.
After Hua Feidu helped Xie Wuyi bathe and change the medicine, Xiao Wei came back from outside.
Seeing that he was neatly dressed and didn't even take off the crown, Xie Wuyi was a little strange, and she asked while wiping her hair:
"Isn't Your Highness going to rest?"
Xiao Wei was stunned, quickly flashed his gaze, and said with a smile: "I'll go to the study to sleep." You sleep lightly, I'm afraid of arguing with you. β
Maybe he has already said it, Xie Wuyi no longer needs to hide his identity in front of Xiao Wei, so he is in a very relaxed mood now. Her heart was warm, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"On the third day of the wedding, His Royal Highness is going to sleep in the study?"
Left and right are cooperation, Xiao Wei can endure being drugged in the palace, and Xie Wuyi is not afraid of what he will do to himself in the same bed. If Xiao Wei really dared to move her hands and feet, she would be full of drugs in her smoke now.
Xiao Wei looked at Xie Wuyi, but what she thought was that she had been married for three days, and she hadn't really been able to sleep well.
Finding that Xie Wuyi's right arm still didn't dare to be raised, Xiao Wei stepped forward, took the towel in her hand, and naturally helped her wipe her hair.
Xie Wuyi looked back at Xiao Wei from the mirror and saw that he had his head down, and his eyelashes were shadowed by the candlelight.
Without the expression of frowning eyebrows, his current appearance can be called gentle.
Xie Wuyi was a little surprised, just making a show, did he still play a good husband so seriously when no one was around?
The half-wet hair was all scattered, and with the cover of the towel, Xiao Wei's fingers seemed to be pulled by a strange force, passing through the thick clouds and containing thousands of thoughts.
The dampness and coolness penetrated into the bones, the fingertips trembled slightly, and Xiao Wei's Adam's apple couldn't help but move up and down.
If...... How nice it would be to have this fragrance forever.
There was silence for a long time before he spoke: "That...... Let's sleep together, I won't mess with you. β
The two were lying in bed, but they were not as strict as they were on the night of their wedding. Xie Wuyi tossed for several days, tired and sleepy, and soon fell asleep. Xiao Wei turned his back to her, listening to her almost inaudible breathing, trying to calm the violent heartbeat.
After a while, Xiao Wei couldn't help but turn over and glanced at Xie Wuyi again, then slowly closed his eyes.
Next time, I won't be able to see her just out of the bath.