The autumn is already deep, and even at noon, the sun is shining, but the chill is gradually biting in the wind.
Xie Wei stood at the door of the palace.
He was quite tall, just blocking the light that came in outside the gate of the palace, covering Jiang Xuening's slightly slender figure in his shadow, and at this moment, her eyes widened, It was impossible to tell what kind of expression Xie Wei looked like in the blur of backlight.
Afraid
afraid.
Very afraid very afraid.
At this moment, Jiang Xuening suddenly felt very tired, and all the strength in his body seemed to be drained. Finally, he stopped covering up completely, and blinked: "I'm just a boudoir lady, and I have no power in the court. I have no ambition, and even apart from my father, I have nothing to do with Mr. Xie. For Mr. Xie, I am a little ant that can be pinched to death with a few tricks, and I cannot pose any threat to Mr. Xie. If I say that I am afraid, but there is no intention to denounce or harm the gentleman from the beginning to the end, will you believe me, sir?"
Xie Wei was silent for a long time, and then asked her: "If you were me, would you dare to believe it?"
Not willing or not, but dare.
Jiang Xuening lowered his head gently, a slender and fair neck, even in the dark shadows, it was like snow.
At this time, I really put myself in my shoes and thought about it.
If she was Xie Wei, she would have had a plan of her own since at least four years ago, but because she was confused or was in a desperate situation, she was irrational for a moment, and said some shocking words to the only person around at the time, but afterwards Having escaped, will she believe that this person can always keep his mouth shut and not reveal the secret to any stakeholder
Jiang Xuening's eyelashes trembled. Although he was reluctant, he had to admit it and said slowly, "I can't believe it."
Although that threat may be just a speck of dust.
But the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed in the ant's nest.
Trusting her and letting her go is tantamount to putting all of your plans and even your own head at risk, and you have to worry at any time: will this person seize the opportunity to plot against me? stab me in the back...
Wanting to understand this, Jiang Xuening was sure that he would definitely die.
The pain from the previous life when the dagger slid across her neck came out almost as soon as she realized this, causing her hands folded in front of her to tremble uncontrollably.
But at this moment, she was unwilling to show fear.
She squeezed her fingers hard.
Xie Wei asked her again: "Ning Er girl felt that four years later, suddenly one day, I found that the little girl who knew my secret was not as innocent and ignorant as I thought. What should I guess?"
Jiang Xuening said: "She is pretending to be crazy and trying to save her life."
Xie Wei's eyes fell on her overstretched palm: "So, if you were me, would you get rid of this person?"
Jiang Xuening closed his eyes slightly: "But sir, I don't want to die."
Xie Wei fell silent again.
During this period of time, it was suddenly stretched indefinitely. In the extreme tension, Jiang Xuening felt like a lamb sitting beside the guillotine.
Xie Wei stared at her for a long time, as if thinking about something.
At the end, he stretched out his hand to her and said slowly: "You are not my threat, the real threat is that I dare not believe you, but I want to believe you. Miss Ning, Xie Wei is not someone who doesn't remember gratitude. , but what you revealed was not what I expected. I need to see clearly what kind of person you are, and whether it is worthy of my risk and trust. I don't want to get rid of my savior, so I have been reading this for half a year. , and please stay under my nose."
As he spoke, his long fingers stroked the top of her head.
Jiang Xuening was stunned.
Xie Wei only said: "Although you don't want to stay in the palace, this is the only way I can convince myself that I can't kill you immediately. Please bury what happened four years ago in your heart, Be a secret that only you and I will know forever. Don't push me, and don't make me mad anymore."
After that, he withdrew his hand, turned around and walked out of the temple.
From dark to light.
The sky light outside finally illuminated his entire figure, and the blue-green Taoist robe swayed, walking under the scarlet palace wall, and gradually drifting away.
When he returned to Yang Zhizhai, Jiang Xuening looked like a water ghost who had just been fished out, with vain steps and a pale face.
Fang Miao was sitting under the porch, pinching her fingers to count how long it had passed, thinking about whether she wanted to "rescue" the second girl Jiang if two moments passed.
always feels like a joke...
As soon as he turned his head and saw Jiang Xuening coming back like this, he stood up in shock: "Miss Jiang, you, what's wrong with you?"
Only then did she realize that what Jiang Xuening said earlier might not be a joke.
Can…
But who doesn't know how easy it is to get along with Xie Wei? What exactly is Miss Jiang arguing about to be frightened by the sage-tempered Mr. Xie
Jiang Xuening did not answer.
She went straight into her room, turned around and closed the door, and then slowly slid down with her back against the door, covering her face with her hands and pressing them against her bent knees.
Only then can I clearly hear my heartbeat and breathing.
She is still alive.
In the small window on the north side, the sun shines in through the snow-white window paper, and fine dust floats in the air like bright spots of light swimming in water.
Jiang Xuening raised his head and stared at the dust for a long time.
Then suddenly he burst out laughing, laughing happily and laughing at himself.
Xie Wei actually said that he didn't want to kill her!
Should she believe such a deceitful person
But now she is neither a queen nor has any authority in her hands, but a boudoir girl is killed by mountain bandits when she goes out, and I am afraid that she will not be able to splash much water. means to cover up.
Is it necessary for the jackal to deceive the ants
No.
Then why did Xie Wei in the previous life say such terrible words to her
This lunatic thinks it's fun to scare her
Or, the change in Xie Wei’s attitude was because of the change in her life—
Less than a month after her rebirth, there was very little she could do. Really, there is only one. That is, when he didn't enjoy Yan Lin's goodness to him for granted, he began to plan to seduce Shen Jie.
If this is indeed the reason why Xie Wei has a different attitude towards her two lives, and Yan Lin has not even voted for Xie Wei at this time, then she can believe that the last life You Fangyin revealed to her 20 years ago The secrets of the previous dynasty were 80% true!
It is not surprising that Xie Wei would slaughter the royal family and the Xiao family.
Even excusable.
At this moment, Jiang Xuening actually felt that this person was really pitiful. But after thinking about it, it is impossible for her to cross the river, so how could she have the qualifications to sympathize with a superior who is holding her own life in her hands
"Half a year, half a year..."
She slowly closed her eyes, recited this time over and over again in her mind, and finally let out a slow breath.
"There is no way to avoid it, it's better to see the tricks!"
Of course it's better to hide.
But she couldn't hide, and she didn't want to be killed by her neck.
If Xie Wei's previous words are true, then it is naturally the best. After half a year, he leaves the palace, and he can be at ease; if Xie Wei is deceitful and his words just lie to her, then staying in the palace for half a year will be her The safest option you can make.
No matter how you act, you always have to be a little bit cautious in the palace.
Taking 10,000 steps back, the worst situation for her is to repeat the old path of the previous life, go all out to continue hooking up with Shen Jie, become the queen and then slowly engage with Xie Wei!
After trying to figure out what to do next, Jiang Xuening sat in the same place for a while, and finally felt some strength in his legs, so he stood up again, washed himself, sober, and then packed his bags a little, ready to leave the palace.
The three days of entering the palace are just to learn the rules and to be elected again.
The real companion reading is two days later. The person who is finally selected goes home to say goodbye to their parents. After a little cleaning, they enter the palace again, imitating the officials of the DPRK and the central government to implement the rest system. After entering the palace as the princess' companion, they can go home every ten days. one day.
After the results of the academic examination school came out, the eldest princess of Leyang, Shen Zhiyi, sent people to give a lot of rewards, both those who were selected and those who were not selected, but those who were selected added an extra set of four treasures of the study.
Before Jiang Xuening went out of the palace with everyone, she personally came to see it off.
He held Xiao Shu's hand and said something for a while, and then held her hand and said something for a while, and then the eunuch Huang Renli, who was in charge of her, took a group of palace servants and led them out of the palace.
The carriage sent by the Jiang residence to pick up the people was waiting outside the palace gate.
Lian'er Tang'er stood beside the carriage, saw her coming out of the palace gate from a distance, and waved to her with joy.
Jiang Xuening said goodbye to the others and got into the carriage.
Tang'er saw that she seemed to be a little tired, so she hurriedly put the pillow in the car and helped her to sit down. When she looked at her, she was a little worried: "Have you been tired these days, girl?"
Jiang Xuening was really tired, and it was also true that he was afraid.
He just closed his eyes slowly at the moment, and after thinking about it, he said, "After I return to the mansion, I will sleep first, and you will send someone to the Yongyi Hou mansion to deliver a message, and ask the prince of Yan to meet you tomorrow at the floor of the sky. See, I have something to tell him."
You know, in the past, when the second girl played with Shizi Yan, most of the time, Shizi Yan came to her door, so gradually even their maids became accustomed to seeing Shizi Yan appearing on the courtyard wall of Jiang's house, or the girl's on the window sill.
There were very few cases where the second girl took the initiative to ask the Prince of Yan to come out.
Tang'er listened to Jiang Xuening's calm voice, but for some unknown reason, she suddenly felt a little scared, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions, and answered softly.
Jiang Xuening closed his eyes and took a nap.
The carriage left all the way from outside the palace gate.
It's just that before I went out, a lowered voice suddenly sounded outside: "Second girl, second girl!"
Jiang Xuening felt as if he had heard this voice somewhere.
She opened her eyes.
The driver who was driving the car outside saw someone and stopped in time. He turned his head and reported to the inside of the car curtain: "Second girl, it's a girl, she seems to be looking for you."
Jiang Xuening waved her hand and let Lian'er lift a corner of the car curtain, and when she looked outside, it turned out to be You Fangyin!
She was wearing a crescent-white shirt and skirt today, but it didn't look very new. Her hair was tied into a bun, but she didn't wear a face. A face that can only be considered delicate, full of apprehension and nervousness, with both hands in the sleeves, it seems that they are pinching something, but they can't see clearly through the sleeves.
Her nervousness seems to have arisen because of this.
But when she crossed the car curtain and saw Jiang Xuening sitting in the car, her eyes lit up a little at a time, and even the reddish tear mole at the corner of her eye seemed to be covered with light.
Jiang Xuening was stunned by the bright and fresh look that suddenly burst out from this dull and dull face. He didn't react for a while, and looked at her for a while.
Only in this moment, You Fangyin became nervous again.
The previous bright light was quickly suppressed and replaced by her original cowardice and fear.
She stumbled and said, "I, I, I..."
Jiang Xuening sighed when he saw it, and said, "Let's get in the car and talk."
Seeing her like this, she was shaking for a while, and she couldn't tell her to stand outside the car all the time.
The driver moved the footstool, stepped aside, and let You Fangyin get on the car with the yoke.
Jiang Xuening asked her to sit across from him and said, "What are you looking for?"
After You Fangyin sat down, she was a little at a loss, her body was tense, she didn't know what to say after thinking for a long time, looked at her, seemed to take a deep breath, mustered up her courage, and hid herself in the The contents of the sleeve were taken out.
It turned out to be a simple square box.
It's flat, it doesn't seem to hold much, and it's a rosewood pear that is easy to see, and it's not expensive.
She held it with both hands, handed it to Jiang Xuening, and said, "Yes, I want to give this to the second girl."
Jiang Xuening guessed that she saved her life by herself. Did she buy something to repay
But she didn't ask her for anything in return.
He didn't reach out to pick it up at the moment, he just softened his voice and said to her: "Your situation in the mansion is not good, and if you have something, you should keep it in your own hands. Even if you want to repay, wait for your situation to get better. Maybe later."
"No, it's not..."
After hearing her words, You Fangyin knew that she had misunderstood her. She had a bunch of things she wanted to say, but she was so stupid that she couldn't make a complete sentence when she said it in her throat, and she was so nervous in front of Jiang Xuening for some reason. So it becomes more and more awkward.
She could only put the box in Jiang Xuening's hands.
"This must be given to the second girl, it's all yours."
her
Jiang Xuening really didn't remember what he gave her. Seeing her persistence, she was a little moved by her persistent and clumsy appearance. She smiled and said, "Then let me see."
She raised her hand and opened the box.
In the next moment, he was completely stunned—
In this simple box, lay a thin stack of silver bills, next to a moon-white sachet with delicate embroidery.
The silver number is the largest silver number in Beijing today.
Each bank note is a hundred taels, Jiang Xuening's fingers trembled slightly, and when he picked it up a little, there were as many as 2,500 taels!
How could a little prostitute from the uncle's house get so much money
The moment she saw these banknotes, she suddenly understood something, her eyes were slightly hot, and she almost had tears rolling down her eyes.
But she still raised her head and asked her, "Where did you get all this money?"
You Fangyin blinked, as if she didn't understand why she asked: "Didn't the girl teach me? I took the money and went to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce to find a businessman named Xu Wenyi to buy raw silk, and then wait for half a month to increase the price before selling it. Go out. I-I bought four hundred taels of silk!"
She actually did it...
Jiang Xuening almost choked up.
But looking at these silver notes, she still did the math and said, "The four hundred taels of silver, if you earn three times, will not be more than one thousand two hundred taels, and if you die in your hands, you will even have one thousand six hundred taels. How can there be a huge two thousand five hundred taels?"
You Fangyin said honestly: "I only made 1,200 taels from the sale, but after the silk was sold, Boss Xu said that he would give me 2,000 taels anyway. Only add 900 taels."
Jiang Xuening wondered: "Boss Xu gave you money?"
You Fangyin nodded like a chicken pecking at the rice, and when she said this, her eyes brightened: "Yes. My silk has been sold, and Boss Xu's has also been sold, and he has made a lot of money. Yes. The silkworm farmers in his hometown were very happy when they found out about this, and asked Boss Xu to tell me that if Fangyin wanted to continue the raw silk business next year, he could give me some good goods and ask me to pay only half of it. You can take the deposit first and sell it!"
Xu Wenyi's silk has been sold...
Jiang Xuening's eyelids jumped: "He knows that the price of silk will rise?"
You Fangyin only saw that her expression seemed to have changed, her eyes that lit up just now became somewhat restrained, and her voice became much quieter, she murmured, "I told him when he asked me. But, don't worry, I didn't. Having mentioned your identity, Boss Xu asked me who you are, and I didn't say a word."
Jiang Xuening was holding the box of silver notes and couldn't believe what she heard.
First, You Fangyin in the previous life only made three times as much in this raw silk transaction, but now this You Fangyin took out 400 taels and took back 2,500 taels;
Second, this silly girl just made a fortune herself, and even told Xu Wenyi the news!
She looked at her with complicated eyes: "how dare you tell him? If you say this kind of news, it will cause trouble."
You Fangyin's face turned pale, her hands were tightly clasped together, and she opened her mouth: "Yes, the boss is a good person..."
nice guy
Jiang Xuening has been a human being, except for Zhang Zhe, who does not know how to write the word good person.
She said, "How do you know he is a good person? If he is greedy, I'm afraid you won't be able to appear in front of me alive today."
You Fangyin was frightened by her words.
For a long time, she only knew that she was looking at her, her eyes were open, and there seemed to be a thousand words in them.
But can't say a word.
Jiang Xuening sighed: "That's it."
She made a gesture to hand the box back, thinking that there was nothing wrong this time, she just told her to be careful in the future.
Unexpectedly, You Fangyin suddenly opened her mouth again, although her voice trembled because of fear, she looked at her with an inexplicable firmness and persistence in her eyes: "Second girl, before I, I went to the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Guild Hall, I have asked. Boss Xu, his life is in this business, and the silkworm farmers in his hometown are still waiting in Nanxun for him to sell silk to get the money back. Me, me, and my aunt told me that if a person There are many friends who help him, and many people who are willing to believe him, at least he should be a good person. If, if I don't tell him, what will he do, what will the silkworm farmers do? That's why I, I... "
Jiang Xuening was stunned.
The next moment he laughed.
However, I don't know why I smiled and laughed, and there was a feeling of grief in my heart. The tears that had been pressed down and forcibly held in my eyes all fell, and rolled down, drenching the silver notes in the box. .
"Silly girl..."
You Fangyin saw her smile first, and her face brightened, she just thought that she would not pursue it, and even felt that she had done the right thing.
But before she was happy, Jiang Xuening cried again.
She was so frightened and panicked that she quickly raised her sleeves to wipe her tears: "Don't cry, don't cry, it's all Fangyin's fault. Fangyin knows it's wrong and will never talk nonsense to others again..."
When Jiang Xuening heard her talk like this, her tears couldn't stop.
You Fangyin burst into tears and blamed herself: "Girl wants me to make money, it must be because Fangyin is not good enough, this time I didn't earn enough. Don't cry, next time, next time I will definitely make more money. Study hard, next time, make sure to make more money for the girl. A lot, a lot... "
Really stupid girl.
Jiang Xuening cried and wanted to laugh again. In the past and present life, thousands of feelings surged up, but it turned into something deeper and deeper, and it really pressed down, so that she finally stepped on it from the boundless mid-air. on the ground.
She choked uncontrollably.
When he looked down at the box of silver notes, he raised his head again, as if to stop the tears, but there was still a cry in his voice: "No, it's good, you have really done a good job."
it's me.
I am not good enough.