At this moment, she was not alone, but in front of Mingfeng Palace, in front of everyone's eyes, Shen Zhiyi's loud slap could be said to have no intention of saving face for Xiao Shu at all.
She should be embarrassed.
Even Xiao Shu herself thought she would feel embarrassed, but there was only a kind of "should be like this" peace in her heart, she gently raised her hand to support her cheek, her voice was as faint as a haze: "If you can't be humble, who doesn't want to? How about living with dignity? My concubine also has something I wanted to say to Your Highness."
Shen Zhiyi almost looked at her with pity.
Xiao Shu didn't feel that she had anything to be ashamed of. When she put down her hand, she spread out her palm and glanced at it, and the anger in her eyes disappeared, and said, "Since I was very young, I have always thought, such a spoiled and willful princess. , I can do it for me. You are high above the world and don’t know the sufferings of the world, so naturally you don’t know the difficulties of being a minister or a slave.”
Shen Zhiyi didn't speak.
Xiao Shu smiled at her: "Let's go, Her Royal Highness."
The Emperor Shen Lang and the Empress Dowager Xiao had indeed been waiting for a while.
Shen Jie, the king of Linzi, was also there.
Perhaps the result of choosing a concubine a month ago was unsatisfactory. Although he will not get married until next month, his face is already a little depressed, and he does not look very happy.
The palace servants passed the information first, and Shen Zhiyi came from outside the palace, but she was uncharacteristically lively and pampered, saluting and greeting according to the court's etiquette.
Xiao Shu came in behind her.
The slightly red slap print on the cheek is not garish but it is also very obvious.
The sullen emperor sat on a high place and saw it clearly at a glance, raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Shen Zhiyi, but a smile appeared on the corners of his lips, but he didn't ask a word, as if he didn't see anything. He spoke to Shen Zhiyi as usual.
Empress Dowager Xiao also occasionally took care of him.
It's just that she didn't even look at Xiao Shu.
The previous dynasty was turbulent, and Mrs. Xiao was confounded by the re-investigation of the Ganzhou disaster relief silver case. All kinds of evidence jumped out as if she had grown eyes. She had to make the Empress Dowager Xiao suspect that Xiao Shu left her Cining Palace that day. Later that night, Concubine Xian was sealed because she had some deal with the emperor.
A huge royal family, people sat in a hall, caring and blessing, but they all seemed grand-sounding and irrelevant.
The only person who is a little human might be Shen Jie.
Ever since he saw Shen Zhiyi come in, his brows have been frowning. For a while, he is worried about the wind and sand on the road. For a while, he reminds him of the food along the road. He seems to want to say something when he opens his mouth a few times. , in the end still forced to hold back.
He is not the direct descendant of the royal family. He grew up under the protection of his father, mother, queen and elder brother since he was a child. In the past, he had nothing to do with the heirloom. Amorous qualifications.
But affection is also limited by his cowardice.
In the past, Shen Zhiyi only thought it was fun to be close to this brother. Today, although people are in the game, they are watching from the sidelines. Instead, they have noticed some things that they did not pay attention to in the past, and saw some details that were not seen in the past.
As soon as the narration ended, he asked the incense to worship the gods, read the imperial edict, and granted the Dagan Festival Talisman for Shen Zhiyi to reconcile the contradiction between the two countries as the princess of the Dagan after arriving in the Xiongnu.
When the courtesy is done, it is past noon.
Among the wealthy elites in Beijing, there are people who are friends with Shen Zhiyi, such as Yang Zhizhai’s many companions in the past, or simple-minded playmates like King Pingnan, all of them came to see her in the palace and traveled with her in the imperial palace. garden.
Although Xiao Shu used to read with Yangzhizhai, he did not follow him. He just watched from a distance beside the rockery, and instructed the palace servants on the side: "The guards originally added to Mingfeng Palace have been removed, and they will retreat to the northwest and northeast palaces. The door, if there is no order from this palace, no one is allowed to move without authorization. Another person will be sent to watch carefully, if the second girl from Jiang Shilang's house is here, come to report to me first."
The palace man was a little confused.
However, Xiao Shu lowered her eyes to the best of her ability, and no longer looked at everyone in the imperial garden, she returned to her palace.
Jiang Xuening was late.
Passing through several palace gates along the way, except for the lanterns and colorful lights, it was no different from every time I entered the palace before. In the last life, when Shen Zhiyi was ordered to marry, she had already been selected as the princess of Linzi, and stayed in her mansion just waiting to get married, and Shen Zhiyi hated her for teasing her and not being close to her. Good morning, where will you come to the palace to see her off? Therefore, there is no way to compare the difference between the previous life and this life.
But there is Zheng Bao in the palace.
After only passing through two palace gates and before entering the imperial garden, he saw Zheng Bao approaching from the direction of Qianqing Palace, and when passing by, he quickly said: "Concubine Xian has mobilized the guards, please enter the urn. Palace, Princess Feng drove out of the palace at the third quarter of Youzheng, and the girl must finish her work at the second quarter of Youzheng, and make the princess disguise as a palace servant and go through the Shunzhen Gate, and the girl please leave the palace as soon as possible."
Youzheng three quarters is the auspicious time of Qin Tianjian.
The length of day and night in spring is similar, and the three quarters of Youzheng are the beginning of the month, when the sun turns from yang to yin.
But Jiang Xuening pondered that it was probably the same as the exile of Yongyi Houfu in the middle of the night. The people were quite criticized about the matter of marriage. The court was afraid that too many people would cause trouble in the daytime and it would be difficult to deal with it, so he simply made up a high-sounding reason to change the time to night.
When she heard the words, she just nodded and said nothing, and walked over as if nothing had happened.
The palace people led her to the imperial garden.
When Shen Zhiyi saw her, she casually complained that she was too late.
Jiang Xuening said with red eyes, then punish the servant girl to stay with the princess.
When everyone went to school in Fengchen Hall, they knew that Princess Leyang had a lot of preference for Jiang Xuening. Jiang Xuening was naturally reluctant to leave such a big backer. There is nothing suspicious about such a pretentious attitude. And they came early, and the two of them were not allowed to say some kind words. When the sun slanted west, they all said goodbye together, saying that they would bid farewell to the princess outside the city gate.
When everyone was around, Jiang Xuening was able to hold his face tightly to prevent tears from falling.
As soon as everyone left, she took Shen Zhiyi's hand and cried out, "Your Highness."
Late spring has come, and there are actually not many flowers left in the imperial garden.
Thick shadows are everywhere, and the afterglow shines obliquely.
The palace staff were all standing far away, and Yan Yan's friends who had just said Xiao Xiao had also dispersed, leaving only the deserted garden.
Shen Zhi was dressed in gorgeous clothes, but the heavy ornaments were a bit too cumbersome, and they were pressed on her head and shoulders, swaying tremblingly.
She smiled at Jiang Xuening: "Previously, Su Shangyi said she wanted you to come and do my makeup, I said that I would cry when Ningning saw you, but I just saw that you didn't cry, and I thought I was wrong, I didn't miss you at all. Disappointing."
The end of the day is united.
Jiang Xuening didn't even have the heart to take her jokes, she didn't have time to wipe her tears, she just pulled her to get up from the pavilion and said, "Your Highness, there's not much time left, come with me and go back to Mingfeng Palace first. Bar."
Shen Zhiyi was startled: "What?"
Jiang Xuening looked around, only to see a little eunuch poking his head here from a distance, guessing that it was someone from the palace to monitor, he sneered in his heart, and said categorically: "Everything has been arranged properly, you come back with me. In Mingfeng Palace, once you change your identity, you can leave the palace. For marriage matters, you will have the best person to take care of the aftermath. As long as you can leave the palace safely, the rest of the matter will be assured!"
She grabbed Shen Zhiyi's hand and walked forward.
But after walking out for two steps, he felt a resistance behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Shen Zhiyi standing there, looking at her with a confused expression.
At this moment, Jiang Xuening's heart suddenly burst.
Shen Zhiyi repeated: "Out of the palace?"
Jiang Xuening felt that his heart was suspended high in the air by a fragile string, and even his voice trembled: "Yes, Your Highness, don't you remember? I asked you that day."
Shen Zhiyi couldn't seem to remember.
Before Jiang Xuening entered the palace, he thought about the various situations he would face after entering the palace. Whether it was the exposure of the matter or Xiao Shu's interception, there was no idea that could match this moment.
She felt something was wrong.
That night Shen Zhiyi's answer was still in her ears, she repeated it to her, reminding her: "On the day of my birthday, when I was drinking in His Royal Highness's palace, I asked His Highness whether it would be better not to go and escape with relatives, and His Highness replied. He told me that he hated the emperor's family..."
It was dark.
The palace lanterns in the imperial garden were lit.
The hustle and bustle of birds and insects from far and near made it even colder at the moment.
Shen Zhiyi was in a trance for a moment, one after another palace lanterns were reflected in her pupils, but they were just meaningless shadows, and could not bring much warmth.
Blinking, the cherry blossom petal under the corner of his eye trembled slightly.
Like a teardrop.
She remembered it, her heart was moved, her eyes were red, but she felt bitter when she smiled, she raised her hand and gently stroked Jiang Xuening's cold cheek, with tears in her eyes: "Silly Ningning, you all said It's drinking, those words are drunk! How can you take it seriously... "
With a "snap", the string was finally broken by this light and fluttering sentence. Jiang Xuening's heart that was hanging at a high place fell, and it hurt, woke up, and fell numb.
She could hardly believe what she heard.
There was a chaotic mess in my mind.
After reacting for a long time, she couldn't help but take a step back and said as if falling into a fantasy: "How could it be? Going to Tartar and relatives, His Highness is clearly unwilling. You shouldn't go, You can't go either. If you don't want to go, why should you go? I've arranged everything properly, you just need to go back to Mingfeng Palace, and you can escape this square palace wall with a change. Woolen cloth?"
Shen Zhiyi hadn't thought about it, she took her drunken remarks seriously, and after several repressions, the tears were still hot in her eyes.
I tried my best to keep my head from falling.
Shutong was hung on the corner of Queyue, and she asked the cold frost to cover her pale face, but there was a strange blush due to the delicate layer of rouge on her cheeks.
The wind blows, broad-sleeved hunting.
She thought that she should not let down Ning Ning's preparations, and she should let her naive and indulgent temperament go away, but there was something heavier and deeper, pressing on her shoulders. into her heart.
At this moment, Jiang Xuening could not see her face clearly, and could not see her gaze.
Only her hoarse voice.
Shen Zhiyi said slowly: "Everyone in the world is qualified to escape, but I can't, and only I can't."
Jiang Xuening was very puzzled.
However, Shen Zhiyi stood on the steps, laughing at herself and with a sad smile. The moonlight covered her body, adding an unspeakable heaviness: "It is often said that eating a king is a matter of loyalty to the king. In fact, the words should be said in reverse, Eating and living the people's paste is for the livelihood of the people. The throne of the emperor and the reverence of the royal family do not fall from the sky. The world pays taxes, all the people do corvée, brocade clothes and jade for food, worship and worship, regard themselves as cattle and horses, and regard the royal family as My god, I am arrogant and arrogant in the palace, and I don’t know much, but you are in the market, growing up in the country, and seeing how troubled you are, you should know. If a war arises, the state is a big thief, and the loyal and good have no successors. How can the war be won? ? The overthrow of the royal family is small, and the suffering of the people is big. No matter how corrupt the court is, I am the princess of this empire after all..."
Jiang Xuening was completely stunned.
An idea that she had never had in her previous life finally popped into her mind.
Shen Zhiyi slowly closed her eyes, as if she wanted to suppress the turbulent emotions in her heart, or to keep the courage she mustered up, and continued: "Ning Ning, I didn't do it out of deep sense and righteousness. I'm just scared, so scared."
Jiang Xuening's throat was blocked and he was speechless.
Shen Zhiyi stared at her, her eyes were filled with a bit of coldness and perseverance that had never been seen before: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm going to run away today, and I'll be defeated without a fight, becoming a cowardly coward; I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid When the responsibility comes, he avoids himself, he is devastated every day, and he can't straighten his spine in the cry of the baby!"
In the last life, Jiang Xuening didn't know how Shen Zhiyi went to Tatar to marry her, but she only knew that the bright and beautiful princess in the past was sleeping in the coffin.
She never thought of such a possibility—
This unruly and pampered princess in the past went there voluntarily!
In the last life, she disguised herself as a man, which made Shen Zhiyi fall in love with her wrongly, and then hated her again; in this life, when she came into contact with Shen Zhiyi, she said it was true love, but in fact it was more out of seeking benefits and avoiding disadvantages.
She wanted to save Shen Zhiyi, but she just wanted to repay the kindness given by the other party.
But it wasn't until this moment that I realized how ridiculous, how ridiculous, and how much I missed...
At this point, Jiang Xuening felt that he should no longer be persistent and forceful. After all, one person has a given idea, how can others change it
But it is unwilling, it is unwilling.
Do you want to watch her rush to the fate of soul mourning without stopping her at all
She took her hand and said almost pleadingly, "Don't be like this, Your Highness, don't be like this. Whether it's drunk or not, you promised me, I'll take you out of the palace, and I'll take you away!"
Shen Zhiyi's tears fell: "Just consider it an extravagant wish that never ends."
She turned away.
I'm afraid that if I look at her for a while, I will repent and repent.
Jiang Xuening chased after him, and finally shouted uncontrollably: "The ambition of the Tartar wolf, and the tactic of kissing can't slow down the army, this should not be the price that Your Highness should bear! Do you know that you may go—"
Shen Zhiyi stopped.
She didn't dare to say that word, just because she was afraid that it would be true when she said it, looking at her back, she said: "His Royal Highness, I'm going to the country for thousands of miles, and the way back is far away, I'm just, I'm just afraid that you'll be gone for too long, I think You can't see me either."
The flowers in the garden are all gone, and the shadows of the trees are mottled.
The precious green plum tree in the corner of the garden has jagged branches, like the bones that have not been taken away outside Yanmen Pass.
There is a sweet smell of gardenia in the air.
Shen Zhiyi turned her back to Jiang Xuening, looked at the round of lack of moon in the blue sky, and looked around. After a long time, she looked back at her, but she didn't say anything, she just leaned over and picked up the soft soil under the tree. , walked back to her.
Then put the swirl of soil into her palm.
It can't be said that it is light or heavy.
She wanted Jiang Xuening to smile, her eyes shining like stars: "Ning Ning, don't send me off. In another day, when Yan Lin leads his big iron hoofs to break through the Yanmen, he will take this homeland with him, and come back to welcome me back to my homeland and return to my homeland. The old capital!"
Tears suddenly blurred vision.
In the second quarter of Youzheng, Shen Zhiyi did not stop, and walked past the bright line of palace lanterns.
When her figure almost disappeared, Jiang Xuening stumbled and chased a few steps forward, but in the blink of an eye, nothing could be seen clearly in the darkness: "Your Highness, I promise you!"
The hoarse voice broke through the darkness.
Your Highness, I promise you—
When the iron hooves break through the Yanmen gate, I will take this homeland with me and welcome you back to the old country and the old capital!
I promise you.