She yawned, with tears in her eyes, and was extremely sleepy. She was pulled up from the warm quilt, washed and freshened up, and came to him again in the leisurely afternoon, braving the heavy snow.
"Forget it, you didn't sleep well last night, go back." He took his hand away from the imperial doctor, glanced at Li Xiuning, but said to her.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but after saying this, he chased him away, "You have also paid tribute to me for the New Year. If nothing happens, the New Year's banquet will come again, and I will go to the Queen's Palace."
"yes."
The two of them walked out of His Majesty's palace at almost the same time. He always walked fast, but this day he was strangely slow.
She always liked to walk slowly, but this day was surprisingly fast.
One is slow, the other is fast, passing each other back and forth.
Yantang stopped and stared at Mingkang's retreating figure. She never looked back at him, nor did Yantang look back at His Majesty who was looking away from the palace corridor.
But Yantang knew that he must be watching.
But he couldn't move, so he had to stand in the snow and watch her go away. Seeing that her spine was still straight and her lowered head was not much humble, he knew that all this had not broken her pride.
The world didn't give him a chance. He didn't know if he was moved, but he did care about her every move. He wanted to avoid looking at her, but he felt that it would be torture to look at her less.
He didn't even dare to say a word to her, for fear that she would see the flaw. If His Majesty was the murderer, he would be the weapon in His Majesty's hand, a sword. There was no tenderness. Even if he handed it to her, she would only It will feel dirty.
Before everything started, he easily heard the last struggle of the horn. I don't know who is more cruel to this.
She walked too fast, as if she was not afraid of the chill in the air or the danger in the deep palace. She had no desire to grab anyone she could grab. Yantang wondered, was she also so brave that night many years ago?
Then why did he run away again, his face flushed.
His brother could only visit her once every year. Mingkang waited for a long time, looking eagerly in the direction of the palace gate.
She didn't see him for a whole year.
Her brother had lost a lot of weight. When he came to hold her, the nails on his remaining finger scratched her hand and hurt her. She took a look and saw that his nails were crooked and there was no one to trim them for him.
He wields a sword in his right hand and is the best at using it. In the past, other brothers were not as good as him in swordsmanship.
Now, he has no right hand.
Her brother did not tell her as he did in previous years that he hoped Liang'er would be well today and safe every year.
Her brother asked her if she still remembered the two of them playing hide and seek outside Jiaofang Hall when they were children. Mingkang nodded. Of course she remembered that her mother would always be very angry and said that they were unbecoming. If she told her father, she would have to call her mama. Punish them well.
Brother Tong Mingkang said, "Do you want to play hide and seek with me again?"
Mingkang didn't understand what he meant.
"When we were kids, we were playing hide-and-seek. Every time you couldn't find me, I was so anxious that I cried. But do you know? I was always hiding in the dark and watching you cry, hahahahaha... "
Mingkang wrote on the palm of his hand, "Bad brother."
He nodded and said, "I'm not a bad brother. I was worried that you couldn't find me, so I secretly watched you to keep from falling."
She gently hugged her brother's waist and hid in his arms affectionately. No matter how heavy the wind and snow outside were, as long as her brother was there, she was still as fearless as she was when she was a child.
When spring is about to begin, the Gongyang clan invites courtiers to come and perform the first shooting ceremony.
Mingkang couldn't remember very clearly. They were in a panic when they spoke, so she didn't understand clearly. She only remembered that they said that the wine that her brother offered to His Majesty was highly poisonous. His Majesty clinked glasses with him, and both of them drank the poison. of drinks.
Fortunately, His Majesty was blessed and he took the antidote in time. Before his death, my brother cursed Your Majesty as a thief and refused to drink the antidote. He apologized and committed suicide before the first shot ceremony.
Mingkang knelt in the palace for a whole day and night before he could understand his brother's words.
He said he wanted to play hide-and-seek with her, but wasn't that just hide-and-seek? However, she could never find him again. This time, he would hide for a long, long time.
He said that even if she couldn't find him, he would protect her out of sight.
It turns out that's what he meant.
His Majesty pulled her up from the ground. Her legs were numb and she staggered up from the table, looking like an elderly lady. However, she was not yet twenty and had just celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
She didn't want to see him, but he forced her to come see him every day.
He said that the abdication edict left by her father was to willingly promise her to the Gongyang family. No matter who is the king, Zhao Liang will become the concubine of the Gongyang family, as long as the Gongyang family promises not to take away the royal capital. Any life of the great cause will not be harmed, and the people of the great cause will not be harmed, and the ancestral temple of the great cause will not be destroyed.
This is the noble mission of Princess Daye.
The father spared her life not because he was reluctant to part with her, but because he was reluctant to part with the country and the people of Daye.
He took away the relatives he could, and also wanted to protect the world he wanted to protect.
She is the only one who is not among the people in the world or among the relatives.
He preserved the honor of all the female family members of Youzhao, but made her a laughing stock, allowing Daye people and Beiqiu people to make her a talking point in tea shops and taverns.
Seeing that she was lost in thought again, His Majesty pushed her head and asked, "What bad idea are you planning again?"
Mingkang obediently wrote on his palm, "Hide and seek."
"Hide and seek? Don't tell Gu Xin that you have been in a daze all day thinking about hide and seek. What do you think Gu Xin is?"
She nodded, what she said was true, she really wanted to hide somewhere where no one could find her, even if it was to hide in the depths of hell.
The high priest stood aside and watched proudly as Kishiye's door gradually closed.
Wei Lang was thinking about how to help Ji Liyou when Ranran frowned suddenly, "Brother Liyou, what should they do?"
The high priest glanced at her and said with a sneer: "Jimo Ran, after all, you can be considered a princess of the Southern Wei Dynasty, so you can only yell and scream?"
Ran Ran said angrily: "Brother Liyou and the others are going to be trapped and die inside, and you are still making sarcastic remarks?"
The high priest hated people calling her old the most in her life, and she wanted to get angry.
Anmuda hurriedly said: "Seeing that Kishiye is about to close, the most important thing is how we get people out."
The high priest said slowly: "If it weren't for the fact that you are a yellow-haired girl, I would have to teach you a lesson."
Ran Ran's mind started to heat up and she said with a smile: "Okay, that's exactly what you want! If you want to fight, then fight quickly. What kind of ability does an elder bully a junior like me?"
Wei Lang saw the high priest's expression worsening, and stood in front of the two of them and said to Ran Ran, "Shut up, are you still going to cause trouble?"
Ran Ran didn't see that he was trying to save her, and said with a smile: "I don't know anyone here, and Brother Liyou isn't here either. If you want to bully me, that's fine. I want to see who Shi Wei is. How to teach the Princess of Southern Wei a lesson?!"
As soon as he mentioned the word "teaching", the high priest unsheathed his sword and flicked it towards Jimo Ran's face.
He said, "You are seeking death on your own!"
Anmuda was startled. He didn't expect that his mother would attack Ran Ran now. Before he could react, Wei Lang had already grabbed Ran Ran's shoulder and pushed her to the side to avoid the high priest's sword.
The high priest cursed, "You idiot, you are helping outsiders deal with your master?"
The left palm shot out, and the right palm grabbed Ran Ran's face.
Unexpectedly, Wei Lang seemed to have expected her move and was prepared. When the high priest caught him, he had already floated and dodged, passing through flowers and trees, leading Ran Ran to avoid the high priest's palm.
The high priest grabbed the opportunity and stared at Wei Lang.
"Do you think you are my opponent?"
Wei Lang let go of Ran Ran, cupped his hands and said, "I know that there are not many people in the world who can rival Master in martial arts, but I can't ignore her. Since I brought her to the grassland, I have to return her to the Southern Wei Dynasty intact. "
Ran Ran didn't appreciate it, "Who asked you to save me? You're hypocritical. Even if you die, I will die with Ji Liyou. His fate is all my fault."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ran Ran suddenly stepped on the shore and ran towards the shore which was almost a gap.
Upon seeing this, Wei Lang reacted immediately and relied on his nimble movements to fly out of the sea. He quickly opened his hand to grab Ran Ran's clothes. He just grabbed half of it and before he could stand still, he saw only the people on the shore. The light was dazzling, and the gap brought the two of them into it.
Anmuda had been watching the fight between his mother and Wei Lang, looking forward and backward. When he saw Wei Lang's figure disappearing in a flash, he followed him and threw himself behind the dim light.
A group of white shadows fluttering in the wind disappeared before everyone's eyes.
The high priest was furious and said, "They don't want their lives. It's none of my business. Even if these two idiots Wei Lang and Anmuda are trapped in some Jambu world, I won't take action."
It was as if he was saying it to himself, and also as if he were saying it to the shamans present to show his innocence.
When Ran Ran and Wei Lang woke up, they were on a grassy field.
She suspected that she was still losing her virginity, so she rubbed her eyes, saw the racecourse not far away, and said, "Is she still losing her virginity?"
Wei Lang was helpless, "This should be one of the Yanfus in An Yeli."
Ran Ran didn't want to talk to him at this time. In her opinion, Wei Lang and the group of prairie people were in the same group. If Ji Liyou was not rescued, he must have something to do with the high priest, and Wei Lang was an accomplice.
She walked faster, trying to leave Wei Lang behind, and walked on each side of the road with the road facing the sky.
Wei Lang called her, "You know where this place is and you dare to wander around?"
"I have legs, can you control me?"
As soon as the words were spoken, a figure flashed in front of Ran Ran.
Before she could see who it was, Wei Lang rushed forward in a few steps and crossed his palms.
In the shadow of the palm wind and sword, the two forces of hardness and softness pulled each other, and suddenly there was a flash of sword light, and Ran Ran said quickly, "Wei Lang, be careful!"
Even though he dodged quickly, he only heard a "chi" sound, and the man's sharp sword had penetrated his clothes. Fortunately, his skin was not injured.
Wei Lang made a sudden palm move, forcing the person in front of him to take two steps back.
The tall man asked: "Who are you who dare to break into the royal hunting ground?"
Seeing that Wei Lang was almost injured by his sharp sword just now, Ran Ran broke out in a cold sweat and said, "You are so outrageous that even I don't know about it. Your Majesty is coming to the hunting ground in the near future. The Empress Dowager is worried and asked me to come and take a look." .”
Her mind was spinning fast, and when she heard what he said, she felt a little confident, but it was just a dead horse being treated as a live horse. If she didn't cheat him, Wei Lang would have to take action.
"Is there a palace..."
Just as he was halfway speaking, Ran Ran took out the token in her arms and flashed it. The man didn't see it clearly and hurriedly knelt down to apologize, "It's the villain who has blind eyes and fails to recognize the master."
Fortunately, she met someone who was slow-minded. Ran Ran wiped her sweat and smiled at Wei Lang.
Only in this way did he leave the place of right and wrong.
Ran Ran complained: "I don't know where this is. Damn it, how can we find brother Liyou?"
Wei Lang smiled and said, "Didn't you just say you don't want to go with me?"
"I've just experienced how scary the people here are. If they attack as soon as they come up, I don't have many lives to play with." Ran Ran was afraid.
Her change of expression made him laugh and cry.
"It's understandable that I jumped in to find brother Liyou. Why did you come in too? Just like Anmuda, you stayed out of it. Isn't it good to watch the show on the side?"
"Why are you looking for Ji Liyou because of your excusable circumstances, but I can't come to him?"
"It's up to you, just don't hold me back." Ran Ran deliberately angered him.
"You're a very naughty girl. You're asking for trouble. I saved you, so you just didn't say thank you. You just made a few sneers. No wonder the high priest wants to take action against you."
Ran Ran aimed at Wei Lang's arm and punched him hard.
Wei Lang lowered his face and said, "If you dare to mess with me if you don't know what's good, I won't be polite!"
"What, you want to kill me like your master?"
As they talked, the two of them gradually walked away. Entered the market.
"Where do you think Brother Liyou is?"
"You've asked me hundreds of times, aren't you tired of me?"
"I don't think you seem to know, so I keep asking you."
"We were at the hunting ground just now. Did you hear what the guard said?"
"What words?"
"Forget it, you didn't listen to him at all."
"What exactly are you talking about?"
"Are you hungry?" he suddenly asked her.
"I'm really hungry."
"Go buy some brown sugar cakes. I want one too," he said.
"Why did you tell me to go?" He said dissatisfied and headed towards the stall.
When I arrived in front of the stall owner, I remembered that I had no money. I pulled out the hairpin from my head and said, "Can I exchange this with you for two brown sugar cakes?"
The stall owner looked around her, with a noble face, and realized that the hairpin was valuable. After taking the hairpin, he gave her three taels of silver and some copper coins.
"No, I don't want the money anymore." She took the brown sugar cake and left.
The stall owner was afraid that she would regret it, so he put away the hairpin and still gave her the money. "Girl, you better take the money, otherwise I won't dare to accept this gold hairpin."
Ran Ran had no choice but to take the money and brown sugar cake back to Wei Lang.
When she returned to the place where the two of them were standing, Wei Lang had disappeared.
Her heart suddenly felt cold. My breathing was stagnant, and my heart seemed to stop beating.
There was a lot of traffic and people around her. She felt like she had fallen into an ice cave and stood in a strange world. She slowly came back to her senses and shouted to everyone around her without giving up, "Wei Lang, where are you?"
She thought that no matter how rude she was, Wei Lang would follow her. In such a strange world, where only she and he knew each other, he would not leave her.
But now she slowly realized that she and Wei Lang were just a chance encounter, and even if he didn't care about her, that was the right thing to do.
(End of chapter)