That's why Master still refuses to abandon her completely, so he ...... I've always had something to do with her. Xia Yan said.

"When the forbidden city was busy, I would sometimes think of her crying and mournful face, and I couldn't get rid of it in every possible way—if she went back to the Goolan workshop in private, it would not be the original intention of my first actions—when I was free, I asked Shao Xuan to take her to me again. Suzaku said, "I don't know that Shao Xuanye is against me again, saying that he said that she would only accompany me for one night, and it would be a break in his promise to invite me again, and he disdained it." ”

Xia Yan was in a heavy mood when he heard this before, but he couldn't help but let out a low laugh when he heard this section, and when he saw Suzaku looking at him, he hurriedly explained: "I think Lord Shao is quite interesting to be a person. ”

"Is this interesting?" Suzaku said coldly. "If you are in my place, and there are such people under your hands, you know how it feels. If I hadn't changed Xia Zheng, I would have replaced him first. ”

Speaking of Xia Zheng, Xia Yan couldn't laugh. At first, Suzaku was ruthless to Xia Zheng - he didn't show much mercy to those who contradicted him.

He was silent for a while, and said, "So-Yiyi's matter, only Lord Shao knows from beginning to end?"

Suzaku still glared at him coldly, "Now there's another one." ”

"Master always says that Master Shao is against you, but I think that Master actually trusts Master Shao very much in his heart, otherwise how can he ......?"

"It's not that I want to trust him, it's just that I can't hide it from him if I want to use him—what can I do if I don't believe him along the way, and the handle is already in his hands. ”

"I can't see it-Master Shao is usually alone, and he has always talked little to the master in person, but it turns out that he hides it very well. Xia Yan smiled instead, "Shouldn't I make more friends with him?" ”

"I don't think he's talking a lot. Suzaku said in a cold tone, "There are some things that Yiyi didn't know about - but then he knew." If he hadn't said it, there wouldn't have been a second person. ”

Xia Yan's mind moved slightly, "I guess it is...... He told Yiyi that Master had avenged her?"

Suzaku was silent, only acquiescing.

"Master will definitely ask Master Shao to invite Yiyi again, maybe—if he didn't say that time, Yiyi wouldn't come......"

The blue tendons on Suzaku's forehead appeared slightly, "I don't have to rely on grace to win people in exchange for talents." "One meal," I only said that I would let Yiyi go after that night, and I never said that I would not call her in the future, so I didn't break my promise. If Shao Xuan really refuses to call, I will go to another person, if I follow the rules of the courtyard and let people invite, is there any reason not to come?"

Xia Yan hid a smile, "Anyway, she's here, no matter what the reason is." Master Shao is also thinking about Master. ”

Suzaku's face was as calm as usual, "But then Yiyi told me that since she knew that the brothers were dead, she was not so afraid when she was alone outside, and she didn't have to hide in the courtyard anymore - I didn't care, and I didn't care about this matter with Shao Xuan." You will know what will happen to the future—I am not accustomed to staying here for a long time, and Iydo still lives in the city, but I want her to come, and then I will have someone call her. But don't ask Shao Xuan to go too. I advise you to stay away from him, at least not to have deep friendships. Yiyi and I said the same thing - even though she had dealt with the couple before, she should be more vigilant. ”

Xia Yan had to nod. He didn't doubt that even Shao Xuanye and his wife had saved Yiyi's life, but for Yiyi, Suzaku's weight would be irreplaceable, as long as it was him, she would listen. At the age of twenty-five or sixteen, being a concubine of Suzaku is of course a big joke to others, but for Yiyi, this may be the greatest luck she can wait for in the years when the night is as dark as eternal night. Marriage, fame - those things that others like to talk about, she has not never been, she has long since disbelieved. But if there is a man in this world who has killed more than a dozen people for her, even if she doesn't like him in the first place, she can't help but remember him.

She also killed a man. She knows the weight of killing.

"I just didn't expect to have children. Suzaku frowned, his throat deepened, "Earlier, Mrs. Shao said that it was unlikely that Yiyi would have any more children. If she didn't care about the kind of hospital she used to have, she probably drank medicine to get it down, she should have had it. I didn't expect it to be more. I originally thought that I would send Yiyi to Mrs. Shao in the past few months. Shao Xuan doesn't like to invite people either, he is not afraid of many people, and Mrs. Shao understands medicine, so she is always too worried. "But for now, let's stay here." Finally, Yiyi's health is fine, and now it's four months, and it shouldn't be okay. Shao Xuan's two daughters are at home, if they talk too much, it will be a disaster. ”

He sighed, "You know in your heart that if something happens in the future, who to turn to for help." But on the flip side – if something does go wrong, you know who to talk to. In short, it's not good for me to handle this Shao Xuanye now. ”

The two of them had already turned around most of the time while talking, and the lights in most of the palaces in this forbidden city were dimmed, and it was already late at night. "Then Yiyi still doesn't know that the master saved her in the first place because there was a relationship in the prison?" Xia Yan said.

"I suspect she guessed. Suzaku said, "Although I couldn't see my face in the dark, I always heard the words. But he was suspicious, "What are you asking for?"

Xia Yan's face turned red inexplicably, and he hurriedly said: "No, it's nothing, I suddenly thought of asking." ”

Circling around, Suzaku and him pointed out some things about the forbidden city and fortifications along the way, and when he returned to the vicinity of the mansion, he said: "I drank too much with Shen Fengming today, you can walk for me again, and then come back to rest." Tomorrow morning, you go to Ping'er. Now the season is turning again, and his cold is still going away. ”

Xia Yan responded one by one. Coming back to this forbidden city can replace Suzaku with some hands and feet, and he also feels more comfortable.

It's just that Suzaku went back, leaving him alone to deal with this deep watch, and the forbidden city seemed more and more silent. His steps were slower than those of Shicai, as if he had to digest a lot of words, a lot of reality.

Yiyi's past is terrifying, but at least now all the nightmares are over. He wasn't worried about her. He was now certain that the few judgments he had drawn from her countenance were correct—that she was a person who had gone through great troubles, and that her mind and determination might have been much harder than she had imagined, and that she had not been in the mood of the waves. If you really have the leisure to sympathize with her, it is better to sympathize with yourself who can't see the road ahead?

There is still some smell coming from the laurel trees outside the house, but it is not so strong. He remembered that the two cinnamon branches that had been broken off by himself more than a month ago—and the man—were as close as yesterday, but they were like this fragrance, and even if he breathed deeply, he couldn't stop it from fading.

I have to go to see Cheng Ping in the morning. What should I say when I see Cheng Ping? The young man who didn't know all this would be as happy as he was in the past. But the truth can't always be hidden from him - even if he is the most powerful prince in this court, he is a prince after all, and the news of his unintentional death has been released by the Blue Dragon Sect - not today and tomorrow, but also the day after tomorrow, someone will always tell him.

I wonder if at that time, when he looks at himself, will it become the same as Shan Heng?

He coughed deeply to lift his spirits. "That's your temperament," he remembered Ling Li saying. "The good fortune or misfortune of others, you also like to take it on yourself. He was right. Even if he was no longer the Jun Li he was at that time—even if someone else should have been blamed for his unintentional death—he still felt that he might not be able to meet that gaze directly.

He suddenly realized that all those illusions that he thought he had changed were given by a thorn. In her absence, he even had the confidence to face the world as if he had been drained away, and became as weak as his original self. But he didn't want to force himself to change now—he didn't even have the strength to change, he just wanted to hide in the Forbidden City for more than a month, and then take the thorn back. As long as she is there, he thinks, those difficult things to face are not terrible, and whatever he wants him to do, he can probably do it.

“...... It's Lord Xia, right?" someone heard his cough and approached quickly. Xia Yan's thoughts were broken, but he still recognized Zhang Ting's voice, so he stopped and waited for him to get closer, and the two hugged each other's fists. "It's so late, Lord Zhang is here to watch. He said very politely.

"Don't dare, don't dare," Zhang Ting said busily, "Lord Zhu is always on night patrol in person, and the lower officials should be on duty, where do they dare to slack off-I don't know that Lord Xia is back, and he hasn't dared to admit it yet." ”

"Just came back. My master has gone back to his house to rest, and I will patrol for him tonight. Xia Yan said.

Zhang Ting made a gesture, "Coincidentally, then together." It's also rare to have a chance to talk to Lord Xia. ”

Xia Yan didn't shirk, and the two of them walked along the trail. He also took the opportunity to ask Zhang Ting about the length of the forbidden city defense, and what Zhang Ting said was not much different from Suzaku, and he knew everything.

After walking for a while, Zhang Ting said: "Xiaguan and Lord Shao will hand over tomorrow, and they will stay overnight, Lord Xia should go back to rest first?"

"Chenshi—where are the two of you handing over?, or is it where Chonghua Palace is?" Xia Yan asked without answering. He wanted to see Shao Xuan in his heart, but he couldn't meet him on weekdays, so it was quite inappropriate to call him here.

Zhang Ting laughed and said: "It's not too much outside the palace, since King Yi has a Dufu, Lord Zhu will be there in the morning, we are used to changing shifts there after we finish ordering-there is something convenient." ”

Xia Yan suddenly said "oh", "No wonder he asked me to go see King Yi early tomorrow morning......"

Zhang Ting's face moved slightly, "It seems that Lord Zhu is planning to hand over the burden of the forbidden city to you, Lord Xia, night patrol, ordering, and even visiting King Yi - everything depends on Lord Xia." ”

Xia Yan shook his head, "I'm just...... Share your worries for Master. I am also rarely in this forbidden city, since I am here, I always come, so that the master can use less effort. ”

Zhang Ting said: "Lord Xia thinks so much about Master, I must be very pleased to think that Lord Zhu is here. Although it was a compliment on his face, there was no stiffness in his tone. After a pause, seeing that Xia Yan's eyebrows were always frowning, he said quite sincerely: "Xia Guan has a sentence that he has been holding back and not daring to say, but seeing that Lord Xia is somewhat depressed, I still want to persuade a sentence - the matter of marriage is determined by heaven, and this time it is just a postponement of the auspicious period and looking for a better day. ”

Xia Yan looked at him stunned, "Master Zhang...... Well-informed. He immediately realized that after postponing the auspicious period and looking for a better day, he expected that Shen Fengming had asked Song Ran for the words released by Heizhu, and hurriedly restrained his expression, "I'm fine, my lord has a heart." ”

Zhang Ting saw that he didn't answer, so he could only arch his hand: "It's the lower officials who are too talkative." Tonight, he will also be on duty to guard the forbidden city, and another day Zhang will be the east, and he will pick up the wind for Lord Xia, and wash away all those bad luck, leaving only joy. ”

"Don't dare. Xia Yan said politely, and the two immediately parted ways.