The atmosphere in the flower hall completely stiffened.
No one dared to discuss the matter between the DPRK and China, and seeing Jiang Xuening's terrifying posture, they didn't even dare to come out and do it.
I just wondered in my heart: a girl who had been raised in the farmhouse for the past fourteen years and had no experience at all, and only stayed in Beijing for four years, how could it be so scary
Fortunately, at this time, the servants outside suddenly had a happy expression on their faces, and hurriedly came to report: "Miss Ji, His Royal Highness King Linzi and Prince Yan are already outside."
The previous dispute between You Yue and Jiang Xuening was immediately forgotten by everyone.
Even Yu Yue didn't even care about it.
These young women in the flower hall chatted one after another, each with a look of longing or embarrassment, and some of the daring ones even went directly to the window beside the door to watch.
Only Jiang Xuening was slightly stunned when he heard the words: Why did Yan Lin come
But then I felt a headache.
No wonder she came to Uncle's Mansion in Qingyuan today. Seeing so many people coming to the banquet, it turned out that Uncle's Mansion did not regain power, but because Yan Lin and Shen Jie were coming!
This is good-
That day, she politely refused Yan's temporary perfunctory saying that she would rest at home for two days. As a result, she came to another person's house for a banquet on the September 9th Double Ninth Festival. I was afraid that the vinegar jar would be overturned in a while.
Chrysanthemum viewing in Qingyuan Uncle Mansion is in the garden. Although the male and female guests are separated, one side is in the flower hall and the other side is in the water pavilion. The distance is not far away, and both sides must pass through a long corridor in the garden when entering.
In the flower hall, in the water pavilion, you can see it from a distance.
When the next person came to tell the time, Yan Lin and Shen Jie had already come in from the outside, and after a while, they walked onto the corridor.
Shen Jietian is noble and noble, and it goes without saying that he has a gentle and elegant temperament.
Today's Yan Lin rarely wears a sword and dresses up as a noble son.
Wearing a brocade sky blue robe with a waist, a piece of white jade was simply hanging from the leather belt. The young man was tall and straight, his face was like a crown of jade, and his eyes were like the morning stars.
The girls in the boudoir in the flower hall have long passed the age of ignorance. When they saw such an outstanding son and brother for a while, a little spring love sprouted in their hearts.
You Yue was even more stunned, her cheeks blushing.
She is also eighteen years old this year. She thinks that she is taller than her sister, and she is similar in age to Yan Lin. When she heard that the Prince of Yan and the King of Linzi were coming, she secretly figured out why Yan Lin came. She almost didn't sleep well all night. When Yan came, his heart was pounding.
"oops!"
A young lady who was leaning against the door suddenly called out and covered her lips with her hands in surprise.
"Why did Shizi Yan come this way?"
Everyone was immediately surprised, and those who could pretend to be calm in the seat could not help but stand up and look out.
Sure enough, Yan Lin was standing on the porch, talking to Shen Jie next to him, and then taking the servant in Tsing Yi beside him to the direction of the flower hall.
Everyone in the hall immediately guessed.
"What is Yan Shizi doing?"
"Who are you looking for?"
"Yeah, didn't you come to see our Miss You family?"
You Yue and Jiang Xuening's table was right by the window, which was the best place in the entire flower hall, and could clearly see the outside.
Correspondingly, one or two of them can also be glimpsed from the outside.
When You Yue heard the jokes of others, she was happy in her heart, but her face was embarrassed and annoyed, and she pretended to hit those who were slapped, and only said: "Don't talk nonsense. I received a reply from him saying that he is coming today, and the whole family is still wondering. Who knows why the prince is here?"
It's good that she doesn't say it like that, but the more she said it, the more speculation: "Then this was found by Baba, or the Qingyuan Uncle's Mansion has a lot of face."
Jiang Xuening sat in the corner of the window, looking out without speaking, and he could not see the secret excitement and shyness of others on his face.
No one else's attention was on her.
Only You Shuang gave her a thoughtful look.
Not long after, Yan Lin was already approaching, and she just happened to be in front of the window.
Today is the banquet at the uncle's mansion in Qingyuan. If Shizi Yan is only on the side of the male guest, it will be fine. Going to the side of the female guest now will inevitably make people think more: he is in the uncle's mansion, and he is here with the female guest. Today, I even came to the banquet to save face. According to the usual reasoning, it is natural to come to Miss Youfu.
For a while, all the eyes around him fell on You Yue.
I don't know if it is more suspicion, more envy, or more jealousy.
You Yue was in the sight of others, and only gave birth to an unprecedented tension, and almost knocked over the tea cup by mistake, but this tension soon turned into a kind of pride and vanity.
After all, it is the master's house, and it has to entertain guests.
She took a light breath, suppressed the heart that was about to jump out of her throat, exhausted her life-long composure, put on a decent and elegant posture, stood up, and raised a smile: "Yan Shizi —”
Yan Lin grew up in Gaomen. He didn't know how many women had flattered in front of him since he was a child. When he saw such a pretentious gesture, he didn't bother to pay her a single glance. He pretended he didn't hear it, and instead turned his eyes to the girl in the corner of the window. body.
Jiang Xuening still sat upright.
A pair of clear eyes can be seen from the inside, natural and quiet, but there seems to be a bit of distress hidden in his expression, but he seems to think that he is a trouble, which makes people feel angry.
Yan Lin was originally dissatisfied with her perfunctory efforts to come to the uncle's house in Qingyuan, and immediately pursed her lips slightly, pulled her face down, and said, "I didn't expect me to come today, right?"
All the eyes around him turned "swipe".
You Yue's face turned pale, and the decent smile she had just put on her face was almost distorted, she almost turned her head to look at Jiang Xuening with an unbelievable look!
Jiang Xuening sighed in his heart and did not answer.
Yan Lin immediately said, "Come out."
There was another sigh of relief all around.
Jiang Xuening knew his temperament and guessed that he was annoyed at the bottom of his heart, but he didn't dare to offend him in front of everyone. He was afraid that his temper would cause everyone to get off the stage, so he got up and walked out of the flower hall.
She just stepped out with her front feet, and her back feet exploded in the flower hall.
The ladies who had longed for Shizi Yan couldn't believe their eyes, and even looked at You Yue a little strangely.
You Yue stood up as the host Baba, and she was about to greet the guests just after saying a word. Who would have thought that this distinguished guest would not even pay any attention to her. Instead, she spoke to the second girl Jiang, who they thought would not be on the stage. It's more like a familiarity, it's really shocking to drop a jaw!
How is this different from being slapped in the face
Originally, they thought that Prince Yan and Prince Linzi were coming to the banquet, because Qingyuan Uncle Mansion had some unknown ability, but seeing Prince Yan's words and deeds, it seemed that it was not what they imagined.
You Yue stood there, looking at the two distant figures outside, her face suddenly became colorful, and her expression was very "wonderful".
Yan Lin walked in front.
Jiang Xuening was half a step behind.
Qingfeng and Tanger were further behind, only following from a distance.
After reaching the secluded corner of the garden, Yan Lin stopped and looked at her with a half-smiling smile: "I said I would rest at home for two days, and today I'm appearing at the chrysanthemum banquet. am I?"
As soon as Jiang Xuening heard him coming, he knew that the vinegar jar was about to fall.
It's down now.
She raised her eyes to look at him, her eyes were like a clear spring, and she only smiled: "I also saw the invitation from You Mansion when I went back to the house. It was decided temporarily. Besides, aren't you coming now?"
The meaning of this was as if she knew that Yan Lin would come too.
Yan Lin couldn't get angry at once, and felt a touch of sweetness for no reason.
The corners of his lips that he pursed up earlier could no longer be suppressed, and a genuine smile surfaced, saying, "I haven't learned much about serious skills, but the kung fu of coaxing me has become very good!"
Jiang Xuening said in his heart: Don't you just eat my set
But he said: "But the prince is too bold, there are other young ladies in the hall just now, you dare to come over. Today's situation is so impressive that people are afraid of what kind of gossip will spread around. Woolen cloth."
"Then let them pass it on."
There was a bit of domineering in Yan Lin's eyes, and he didn't put those in his eyes at all.
"In the past, I still had two years before I won the crown. It's hard for others to know. I'm afraid that something will happen in the middle and make you trapped by rumors; but now there are only two months left, and I want the whole world to know."
Jiang Xuening was speechless for a while.
At this time, she remembered the bloody crown ceremony of Yan Lin in the previous life, looting the family and destroying the family, exiled for thousands of miles, and the huge Yan family was destroyed at one time, just like the scorching sun falling in the valley, so dark that no light can be seen.
Looking at the young man's longing and yearning for true adulthood, he couldn't help feeling cruel.
Yan Lin looked at her with a wrong expression, thought she was angry, and felt a little embarrassed for a while, then changed her mind after thinking for a moment: "But if you are not happy, I will never do such a thing in the future."
Jiang Xuening's heart became more and more desolate.
However, Yan Lin took a step up and took her hand: "Your Highness is still waiting for me there. Since you came out today, you are not in a hurry to go back. After the afternoon banquet is over, you are waiting for me at the floor. Come out later and take you to the lantern festival."
The boy's hand was the one holding the sword, and the fingertips had some fine calluses. When he pulled her palm, it conveyed a heat that penetrated into the texture.
Jiang Xuening looked at him with a smile and couldn't say anything to refuse.
After all, after rejecting him first, he came to Uncle Qingyuan, and if he wanted to reject him again, I was afraid that he would turn his face and show her on the spot, so he had to agree and said, "Okay."
Yan Lin didn't stay here too much, and mistakenly thought that she was not happy that he was acting in a high profile, so she said a few words to her, and explained to her that she should not drink a cup and drink like a drunk cat for a while, and then took Qingfeng back to Shuixie. .
Jiang Xuening followed the same path and walked back to the flower hall.
But just after passing a few bushes of flowers, suddenly I heard a few curses from the other side of the flowers and came out through the overlapping branches and leaves,
"Little hooves let you run!"
"I don't even know whose seed you are. The mansion has raised you for so many years, but you still dare to go against the sky!"
"Gag her mouth, press her down and wake up!"
There seemed to be a woman's desperate whimper in the middle, but it was extremely vague.
Jiang Xuening's footsteps stopped on this quiet and few people's road. In the blink of an eye, she already realized what was happening on the other side of the flower tree, and her reason urged her to leave quickly.
But the foot is not obeying the command.
She didn't know if she was crazy, but she gently raised her hand and pulled a branch away, and looked in through the gap.
There is a small lotus pond.
It's just the late autumn season, when the lotus and lotus leaves in summer have long since been lost, leaving behind a fading pond that has not yet been cleaned up.
At this moment, there are three rough women at the edge of the pool.
One of them with a dark face pulled a handkerchief and wiped his bleeding wrist, while the other two wives twisted You Fangyin's hand, and the other held You Fangyin's head, and turned the person into the water. according to!
Jiang Xuening only heard that You Fangyin in the previous life changed her temperament after falling into the water, but she didn't know it was such a "falling into the water" method!
Tanger standing behind her was already horrified.
Jiang Xuening felt cold all over. The voice that had been clamoring in her heart before surfaced again, even sharper and harsher than the last time—
do not go.
do not go.
Everyone has their own destiny. The original You Fangyin was timid and stupid, and could only be bullied by others. You can only save her for a while, can you save her for a lifetime
And you really don't want to see another You Fangyin
Don't go, don't go.
It wasn't you who killed, you just stood by!
Those rough women were scolded by the two young ladies for You Fangyin's escape from the woodshed. They hated her unidentified concubine who was born of a cheap concubine and did not know how to praise her, so they wanted to torture her. She has a long memory and will not dare to do it again in the future.
This is a very heavy start.
Press the person's head into the water, let her flutter and struggle, and don't let her get up.
You Fangyin was locked in the firewood room for a few days without eating much, and was beaten again, how much energy is left
Just struggled a few times and couldn't move anymore.
The cold water in this pool was poured into her nose and mouth, making it difficult to breathe. The previously fierce resistance gradually became weak, and a slender neck slowly sank into the pool...
What a desperate gesture was that
Jiang Xuening was suddenly pierced.
No one knows the fear of death better than she, because she has experienced it once.
At this moment, seeing You Fangyin no longer struggling, there was already a bang in her head: I can really see such an innocent girl murdered in front of her, and I really feel that the "You Fangyin" she is waiting for comes, Can she become close friends with her with a clear conscience like her previous life
At that moment, Jiang Xuening's reason could not be controlled after all, and when she shouted "stop", she knew that the warnings she had given to herself in the past few days were completely in vain!
She is a selfish person.
But it's not bad enough.
The three old women by the pool were startled when they heard the voice, and when they turned around, they quickly let go of their hands when they saw that an unknown lady from your family came out from among the flowers and trees. It was just that You Fangyin had already lost her strength, and as soon as their hands were released, she fell down from the edge of the pool.
Hearing a "pop" sound, the person sank to the bottom of the pool.
Seeing this, the two women who had started the first act turned pale.
Jiang Xuening had no expression on his face, and even his voice was unusually cold and calm. He only said, "Bring people up."
The two rough women just wanted to punish You Fangyin, how could she have expected her to be so troubled
No matter how lowly she was, she was still a prostitute in the house.
If they really make trouble, they won't be able to eat and walk around!
After being instructed by Jiang Xuening, when he regained his senses, he hurriedly pulled the man up, and when he dragged it to the shore, he was already wet, his face was blue, and his eyes were closed.
The old woman who had instructed people to do it first was also panicked, and hurriedly said: "Quick, take two shots!"
Jiang Xuening stood aside, coldly watching them rescue them, and also looking at this familiar face, but she was in an unprecedented trance in her heart, and she couldn't even tell whether she was more looking forward to it or more fearful at the moment.
She thought that she was hypocritical.
Obviously she could have come forward to blame earlier, but she had to wait until someone was dying before coming out to stop it.
Perhaps, this can comfort herself: it's not that she will die, nor is it deliberately wanting You Fangyin to come to this world that she hates; she tried her best, but she couldn't stop it.
"cough!"
The rough old woman patted the person twice, but there was no response. In a panic, she patted the person behind the back with a lot of strength, and pinched the person, and then the person coughed violently, coughing out all the water that had been choked in.
One eye opened tiredly and slowly.
At this moment, Jiang Xuening didn't stand still, he swayed and took two steps back.
Those eyes are not smart, not transparent.
There is no sobriety and indifference that she is familiar with from outsiders and indifferent to the world.
There is only a panic of fear, clumsy dullness.
Not her.
In Jiang Xuening's heart, something crashed to the ground, as if he had been redeemed. But immediately, there was a kind of loneliness that surged up and immersed her.