It was already dusk, and the ginger soup prepared in advance was already cold.
Jiang Xuening still did not return.
Yan Lin sent someone to invite him to discuss the next move. Xie Wei lowered his eyes and picked up a white handkerchief to wipe the blood on his fingers, and said lightly, "I'll come later."
He put down the towel and asked people to clean up the mess in the house, and then ordered the back kitchen to warm the ginger soup before going out of the house.
Going to the front hall for discussions happened to pass by Jiang Xuening's courtyard.
He actually met Shen Zhiyi in the road.
This former imperial princess, no longer in love with the old palace dress, only wore a dark red and white wide-sleeved fairy dress. She looked in the direction and came from Jiang Xuening's courtyard, but she didn't seem to see anyone, her brows were light. He frowned, his expression not very relaxed.
There was a faint scar at the corner of her eye.
Those were the scars left on her cheeks more than 20 years ago when the Heavenly Sect and the Pingnan Kings rebelled and broke through the capital. When she was in the palace, she always cared so much about the beauty of a woman's face, so much so that she was brooding about this scar; now, after thousands of miles of friendship, frontier sandstorms, tossing and turning into a puppet, she doesn't care about the skin on the outside anymore. Therefore, she didn't even put on any concealed makeup, and she was a little more magnanimous to face the real appearance.
Because of some things, turning a blind eye and whitewashing the peace is just to hide one's ears and deceive oneself, and what should be there is not changed by hypocritical pretense.
In the afternoon, she saw Zhang Zha, and her emotions were tumultuous. Although there were many people in this huge mansion, she couldn't think of anyone else who could talk, so after sitting for more than an hour, she decided to pull up and find Jiang Xuening.
Unfortunately, she wasn't there.
After turning around the corridor, Shen Zhiyi looked up and saw Xie Wei. At this moment, the footsteps of the two of them stopped strangely. The surrounding Mu Yu had not stopped, but there was a sudden stagnation in the air.
Some things don't have to be told to others, they are clear.
What is the teacher of King Qin, what is the imperial decree of the princess, what is honoring His Highness and paying tribute to...
All is nothing!
Shen Zhiyi has neither made any decrees nor said that she wants to return the court, everything is just a big hand behind the scenes manipulating the situation, using her as a puppet on the stage, thinking that they are going to do all kinds of things Find a suitable and legitimate reason so that all this can go on with justification and sound.
And the so-called noble princess...
Even that city gate could not be freely stepped out.
Shen Zhiyi felt a bit of irony in her heart, but she didn't show it in the end, she just asked: "Ning Ning said he went out of the city in the afternoon to find Wei Liang. It's so late today, haven't you come back yet?"
She had only met Zhang Zha not long ago.
Xie Wei put his hands behind his back and didn't answer, but instead asked: "If she should come back, she will come back. She had already visited His Highness at noon, and His Highness came to look for it at night. He wanted to tell her that Zhang Zha was here and told her to go see him. See you?"
There are eyeliners in the people who are serving her, and her every move is reported to her. For Shen Zhiyi, who grew up in the palace, it is quite commonplace, and it is no longer a rare thing.
But when he knew for sure that Xie Wei knew all about him, he couldn't help but feel chills.
even hate.
Her face turned cold, but she said, "I just want to tell her something. Now that Mr. Xie is in control and has most of the world in his pocket, there is no need to be so afraid of me, a puppet that is about to be abandoned. After all , the reason why you dare to let her see me is because you are sure that I will never say too much in front of her to make her embarrassed?"
Although Jiang Xuening rushed to the border and rescued her together, the Xinzhou Army and Huangzhou Army were actually rebels. A princess of a royal family, rescued by a rebel, is already in a very awkward position.
If only that was the case.
But the person she really cares about is inextricably linked with the head of the anti-thief behind the scenes.
You Fangyin has passed away.
Shen Zhiyi also knew that all of this was for her own sake, and even if there were tens of thousands of difficulties in her heart, even if the surface was far from the truth, she would never confide or complain to Jiang Xuening.
Just because she's her only friend—
She didn't want to add any trouble to her and push the situation into an unsolvable abyss.
Xie Wei knew this well, and he didn't deny it, he just stared at Shen Zhiyi, his calm voice without ups and downs had a particularly ruthless taste: "You know that I'm taboo, so you shouldn't always come to her. ."
Where is this Master Xie from Fengchen Hall in the past
Shen Zhiyi could hardly believe how he could say such a thing.
For a moment, anger surged.
She asked in a cold voice: "Is this how you like someone? Have you ever asked, does she know, and is she willing? There has never been an airtight wall in the world, and it has never been able to be wrapped in paper. She is honest and kind, and her nature is free, but you are hypocritical and cunning.
Xie Wei said, "What should she know?"
Shen Zhiyi sneered: "To the celestial sect, you should first arrest and then release them, and let them bring harm to the world and ruin lives! How many people have been displaced and killed in the war along the way! Even if you want to rebel, this world has never been ruled by people, but the common people He Gu? If you say that you can't do anything, you can't stop it, but that's fine. But you do not do it because you have the spare power, and you deliberately condone evil deeds just for your own selfishness! But we can fight it openly, but we don't have to use such subpar methods that treat human life like a mustard!"
Xie Wei knows what he did.
He was indifferent and indifferent to the life and death of the so-called people in the world, only said: "So what?"
so what
Along the way, there are many devastations, there are merchants who have been robbed of their lives, there are wives whose husbands have been killed, and children who are homeless...
Cry, cry, cry!
Shen Zhiyi followed the army, unlike Jiang Xuening, Wei Liang and others, who were always behind for a few days, but what she saw and heard came into her heart, and she often couldn't sleep at night.
At this moment, she looked at Xie Wei as if she were looking at a monster.
What kind of cold-blooded person can say such a sentence
She blinked, but she calmed down in the end, and said with a very clear word: "Jiang Xuening treats people with sincerity and sincerity. She deserves everyone to always treat her well, but you are not worthy of her."
After saying that, he walked away.
The three words "unworthy of" are really sharp.
Xie Ju'an didn't want to talk to her with his eyes closed, but after walking out a few steps, so much of the past came out, so much that the hostility that had been lingering in his heart became more and more uncontrollable. !
At this moment, the footsteps stopped abruptly.
He turned around, his voice seemed to be mixed with icy malice, and he said coldly: "The weak eat the strong, and the fools in this world are only worthy of slaughtering people! Her Royal Highness, standing on a dangerous wall, should be cautious. One day, I will kill all the people in the world, and I will also It's just that people in the world are willing to be guinea pigs!"
After saying that, she didn't look at Shen Zhiyi, and went straight to the council hall.
Shen Zhiyi watched the person's back disappear between the stacked corridors, only to feel that there was a hideous madness and madness that was about to get out of control under that calm body.
A gust of wind blew, and it was cold.
She spread out her palm gently, and the soldier talisman made of two pieces lay quietly in the palm of her hand. After looking at it for a long time, I felt an absurd sadness. I closed my eyes and clenched it hard little by little, letting them ache.
Jiang Xuening didn't know how she got back, she was in a trance as if she was walking through the fantasy of two worlds. I can't tell where I am.
Until a palm in the slanting thorn suddenly grabbed her arm.
She just came back to her senses.
The rain was already light, and Yan Lin didn't hold an umbrella.
He was wearing a strong suit, and seeing her lost soul, he couldn't help frowning his sharp brows, but there was a strange emotion surging in his chest, which made him not say a word for the first time.
Jiang Xuening looked at him.
His mature silhouette was covered by the falling night, and there was an indescribable lowness. He should have asked "where have you been?", but the words turned into: "Ningning, I made a Nightmare."
Jiang Xuening was stunned.
Yan Lin's hand was still holding her arm, and her dark eyes stared at her: "I'm a little scared, in that dream, I was good or bad to you..."
Dream…
If it was said that she was still in a trance, she was awakened at this moment.
A fear left over from a previous life struck him almost instantly.
The face of Yan Lin in front of her overlapped for a moment when she was staring at her in her bedroom in her previous life. Jiang Xuening's heart trembled fiercely, and she could hardly control her subconscious reaction. Palm, take a step back!
Yan Lin looked at it, but his heart felt like a knife.
Before saying this to Jiang Xuening, he even thought that it was just a dream, a dream.
But why is she really so scared
There was a faint hoarse choking in the boy's voice: "The dreams you mentioned and the dreams I had are all real, right?"
He is still the Yan Lin of this life.
Jiang Xuening looked at him, and when she realized this, she immediately knew that her actions had hurt him, but she couldn't control it.
Is there such a strange thing in the world
Or what about those who listened to Zhang Zhe today and gave birth to an illusion that past and present lives are converging, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false
Do not…
She shook her head, but felt a splitting headache, and did not want to stand here and say the first half of a sentence with Yan Lin.
It's just that she took a few steps, and the youth who had faded away from the old days was still standing in the same place as if she had been left behind.
The guilt then poured out.
Jiang Xuening thought, they are not alone after all.
After standing for a long time, she finally turned her head and said to him: "It's just a dream, it's all gone when you wake up, don't worry about it."
Yan Lin stood under the wall covered with withered vines, watching her walk away.
The slender and slender figure was illuminated by a lamp.
But when it fell into his eyes and reflected in his heart, there was only a deserted area left.
By the time we got to Xiewei's courtyard, the rain had stopped.
There were so many things in Jiang Xuening's heart that she didn't want to think about what Fang Caiyanlin's words meant. Even when she heard Daoqin say that Xie Wei was still waiting for her in front of the courtyard gate, she was still there. With an incomprehensible void.
She went into the house.
There were exquisite bowls and plates on the table, a few dishes were cooked, and a pot of wine was placed. The two wine cups had been filled, but the wine inside was no longer shaking. Obviously, it had been placed for a long time after being poured. So that a piece in the cup is as smooth as a mirror.
There is a new piano on the piano table.
The original mess in the house has been cleaned up, Xie Wei sat on the other side of the desk, watching her walk in, there was nothing strange on his face, he just handed her a glass of wine and asked, "What are you talking about with Wei Liang? Well, are you back so late?"
When Jiang Xuening and Wei Liang encountered the rain, they naturally finished their work early, but on the way back to the city, she saw Zhang Zha, chased after them and said something for a long time before returning.
It's just that she didn't want to tell Xie Wei.
As a result, she lowered her eyes for the wine cup he handed over, avoiding his direct gaze, and said with a smile: "I was left by a farmer to talk for a long time, and I forgot the time."
Xie Wei sat at the table and looked at her quietly.
Her mood was a little more chaotic than usual, and she didn't even think about why Xie Wei had prepared a table of dishes and wine. The wine cup was handed to her, and she wanted to drink it when she finished speaking.
Xie Wei's eyes fell on her fingers.
However, just when the wine cup was about to touch his lips, he suddenly got up, grabbed it with a split hand, and threw it directly on the ground, smashing it with a "pop"!
At that moment, there was an indescribable coldness on his face.
I don't know if it was more anger or more hatred, and scolded her mercilessly: "Jiang Xuening, are you a fool?!"
Two drops of the splashed wine fell on the silver chopsticks, dyed a little black.
It's just that Jiang Xuening didn't see it.
She even looked up at him blankly, but didn't respond.
It rained in the afternoon and evening, and when she came back from outside, Ya Qing's hair was soaked with moisture. When Xie Wei's hand reached out to grab her shoulder, his palm was also cold.
So the anger grew even stronger.
He dragged her directly into the room, let someone prepare hot water for bathing, and with a cold face, he cleaned her clothes that had been invaded by the rain and cold air, and threw the whole person into the bathtub.
Jiang Xuening fell into the seat, almost completely submerged in the hot water, and the wet bun was suddenly scattered, draped over the greasy shoulders, and placed on the undulating curve.
When people emerge from the water, water droplets hang on their long eyelashes.
She only felt that this person suddenly became unreasonable. Just as she was about to ask the question, Xie Ju'an had already pressed the back of her neck, her lips overturned, and she tightly controlled her. A few venting desires, according to his lips and tongues that penetrated her mouth, imprisoned her to the fullest.
He made Jiang Xuening wet.
But the water droplets on her body also stained his original neat robe, she whimpered, and there was an illusion of suffocation.
This time was clearly more intense than ever.
But Xie Wei's eyes were calmer than ever before.
He said, "I want you."
Jiang Xuening looked at his paranoid madness. For some reason, she felt that the beating heart in her chest was torn open by someone with a knife. Can't say a word.
It's hard to think that she would feel sorry for this person.
Xie Wei was suddenly disgusted with her eyes, raised his hand to cover her eyes, then buried his head and kissed the blushing lips below, and finally suppressed her, slowly deepening little by little.
An almost utter joy.
But what is left after the end is a messy void, a fear that cannot be filled, and a kind of hatred for oneself.
She lay on her side beside him.
Xie Wei was quiet for a while before asking, "We're getting married, okay?"
Jiang Xuening did not answer.
She bit her lips tightly, clenching one hand against her heart, trying to suppress something. Tears wet the pillow, because I was afraid that I would cry when I let go.
Xie Wei waited for her for a long time.
But he didn't dare to ask again.
Putting on his clothes, he got up, the remnants of wine in the house were slanted, and the light outside the window was sprinkled all over, and what Lu Zhaoyin had said to him in the past was actually what he thought of ridiculing him.
Xie Ju'an won't always win, but he will never lose.
But if...
Does he want to win anyway this time