Taking advantage of the commotion around, Qing Chen quietly got up and left the banquet, and walked to the depths of the inner garden of Hanguang Hall alone. Today, most of the servants are in the front hall, and there are few people in the back. Only the cherry blossoms are blooming in clusters, like a brocade of clouds and colorful fallen petals.
She walked slowly to the cherry blossom tree near the lake, perhaps because she was too active just now, her heart was beating so fast that she was almost about to burst out, but the sip of strong wine was stagnant in her chest, making her feel oppressed. The cherry blossoms were light and light, flying and swaying all over her body. She stood for a while holding the trunk, and the discomfort in her chest felt better. She didn't want to go back to the banquet for a while, so she walked slowly along the cherry blossoms.
"I said why I don't see you, so I came here by myself." Not far away, someone suddenly said from behind.
Qing Chen turned around and saw Eleven coming. He was still wearing the white narrow-sleeved samurai uniform from when he was shot just now, and he looked very handsome in the sun. As he walked, he grabbed a few cherry blossoms floating in front of him, flicked them lightly, and the flying flowers swirled down. He said with a smile It's unrestrained. He looked at Qing Chen's expression, and suddenly frowned and asked, "Why is your face pale?"
Qing Chen smiled and said: "It's okay, the wine in Tubo is too strong, I can't stand it."
"I just took a sip." Eleven smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be so incapable of drinking."
Qing Chen asked: "Why didn't you stay at the banquet, what did you come out for?"
Eleventh said: "His Royal Highness the right arm hurts badly. I will accompany him to the inner hall to rest. By the way, I will send the imperial doctor to have a look. Now the Crown Princess and Luan Fei are waiting on the side, so I will come out."
Qing Chen recalled that the crown prince brought Luan Fei to the horse just now, which may have caused the original injury, and said: "It seems that the hero has to pay a price to save the beauty."
Unexpectedly, Eleven smiled and looked up at the front hall: "There is still a hero who saved the beauty and is still at the banquet, and he had another three drinks with Tubo Zanpu, and the price must be very high."
Qing Chen was taken aback: "Who?"
Eleven said: "Who blocked the wine for you just now, and forgot it so quickly? The people from the Tubo Juju team toasted frequently, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I hurriedly found an excuse to leave."
Qing Chen remained silent, found a flat stone beside him and sat down, watching the lake in the garden dotted with green grass.
Eleven approached her to look at her expression, and asked, "Seeing that you and fourth brother have been lukewarm, it won't be so long and you are still angry with him because of what happened in Yanxi Palace last time?"
Qing Chen shook his head and said, "No." The embarrassment of giving the marriage seemed to have been gradually forgotten by her and Ye Tianling's deliberate avoidance of each other, but since the last time she mentioned Concubine Lian, whenever she tried to get along with her When Ye Tianling talked about the same topic, Ye Tianling always became extremely cold, and he and Concubine Lian always maintained an almost hostile relationship with each other.
Qing Chen felt that if it was her, she would not be able to do better with a mother who refused to hug her from birth, a mother who unabashedly hated her. But judging from Mo Buping's words, she believed that Concubine Lian might have some unavoidable difficulties in her heart. She tried cautiously to bring Ye Tianling and Concubine Lian closer, but every time she ended up with Ye Tianling's bone-chilling coldness. As for the kind of coldness that sometimes spread between the two of them, as Eleven said, it was lukewarm, which made people seem very unfamiliar. When they were shooting flowers just now, except for the sentence they said before entering the arena, the two of them had never exchanged a single word. Ye Tianling would suddenly help her block the glass of wine, which was really unexpected.
She raised her hand to press a branch of cherry blossoms that stretched out in front of her eyes, and when she let go, the petals all over the sky and trees could not help but scatter down layer by layer. The days are gradually entering spring and summer, and the flowers are competing to bloom, and the garden is full of colors. In the warm and bright Taisho Palace, there is always a certain corner with the coldness of winter, and I don’t know how long it will last.
Eleven brushed away the fallen flowers on the stone, sat aside, and said meaningfully: "Don't blame fourth brother for some things, I never told you, he left Yanxi Palace that night and returned home early alone, and he didn't feel well It's good. Growing up in the palace, the fourth brother is actually a very guarded person and won't let others get close easily, sometimes I am too." Qing Chen turned his head to look at him, he smiled and said: "But I see Come out, Fourth Brother treats you differently, just like last time at Yuema Bridge, do you still remember what he said last time?"
Qing Chen whispered: "I believe in you."
Eleventh said: "That's right, under the circumstances at that time, he would say such a sentence, which was very surprising. And in the next few days when you disappeared, he actually mobilized the Xuanjia guards, do you know , Leading the army for so many years, the fourth brother has never used the Xuanjia army in Tiandu."
Qing Chen lowered his head and crushed a piece of falling flowers on his fingertips, and said, "I know you and fourth brother are very kind to me."
Eleven looked at her seriously: "I just want to say, it's not just a good word, fourth brother cares about you very much in his heart."
These words shocked Qing Chen slightly, she sighed lightly, but a smile escaped her lips: "I really didn't blame him, although it was very embarrassing at the time, but I know he definitely didn't mean to make me lose face. No matter what What does he think in his heart, I won't worry about it."
Nodding at eleven o'clock, he asked instead, "Do you know about the Fourth Princess?"
Qing Chen said unexpectedly: "Fourth Princess? You mean, Fourth Brother's wife?"
"Well, that's right," Eleven said, "That day I heard Fourth Brother mention Fourth Princess occasionally. Back then, she died under Fourth Brother's arrow."
Qing Chen was taken aback: "What?"
The pain that flashed in Tianling's eyes that day and night just surfaced.
"No one in Yanxi Palace dared to mention this matter, but after many years, there is nothing to mention." Eleven watched the cherry blossoms fall into the lake like rain, and slowly recalled: "It's Shengwu Nineteen In 2010, the fourth brother led troops to expedition to Mobei, and the deputy generals of the battalion were the old general Tang You'anhou and his eldest daughter Tang Xin. Tang Xin was born in the general family and grew up with his father in the army. In comparison, I was a heroine in the court at that time. Tang Xin and the fourth brother have been in the army for many years, and they have long been interested in the fourth brother. In the past few years, the military situation has been changing, so it has been dragging on. The leader of the East Turkic War was Shiluo Khan’s younger brother, Lord Goli. He was caught in an ambush by Goli and captured to the enemy camp. The next day our army stormed the city of Aksu, but Goli couldn't resist, so he personally escorted Tang Xin to the top of the wall and threatened the fourth brother to retreat. People, although Tang Xin died, Goli also died. East Turks lost their coach, the city was broken and defeated, and Marquis You An was also killed in this battle. After the fourth brother broke the city, Aksu was bloodbathed, and no prisoner was left , and immediately sent troops to the north, and captured the capital of East Turkic, Dana. Since then, Eastern Turkic has belonged to our dynasty. After returning to Tiandu, the fourth brother asked for an order to make Tang Xin the fourth princess. At that time, the emperor's grandmother strongly opposed it, but In the end, it was sealed. Over the years, the father and the grandmother wanted to make the fourth brother a concubine many times, but they didn't like it. Even if there was a fourth brother, they always refused. Everyone said that the fourth brother was cold-hearted, enthusiastic and profound, saying The fourth concubine will die with no regrets."
Qing Chen listened to Eleven's words in a daze, and at the end, he sighed: "It is true that death is without regret, but how could he shoot that arrow?"
Having said so much, Eleven seemed tired, and shook his head, "Maybe only Fourth Brother knows about this, but Tang Xin once shouted a word at the top of the city, 'It is better to die under the arrows of His Highness Fourth than to lose your opponent's life' , then she should not blame fourth brother."
The confidante's early death was so tragic, Qing Chen admired Tang Xin, and felt a little bit sorry.
If she really loves her, she doesn't believe that Ye Tianling can shoot that arrow. Although she has the name of a princess, she can't get that heart after all. For a woman, there is actually a big difference between life and death.
But Eleven said again: "A few days ago, I actually asked about the marriage given by the fourth brother. The fourth brother just said, why bother to trouble others, which made me confused. Anyway, you also know his temper. Not on purpose."
"Yeah." Qing Chen smiled: "So I'm not angry, and I trust him."
Eleven was stunned when he heard the words, then smiled and said: "That's good, I have to go and see how His Royal Highness is doing, how about you?"
Qing Chen said: "The banquet is too stuffy, I want to get some air here, you go first."
After Eleven left, Qing Chen sat alone for a while, thinking about what Eleven said just now, he felt a little sad. She didn't know how many things others couldn't understand behind Ye Tianling's Qing Leng, but she could feel the feeling that there was something in her heart that she couldn't say and couldn't say, just like she existed in the world in front of her. Feelings are also difficult to express to anyone.
How can you think of these? Can't think about it, at least not now, or I won't be able to control myself. She shook her head and stood up abruptly, but a feeling of dizziness suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, her body staggered slightly, and she fell into a firm embrace before holding onto the cherry blossom tree.
The dizziness disappeared in an instant, she looked back, Ye Tianling was supporting her with one hand, and looked down at her face. When she raised her eyes, she met his gaze. For some reason, she felt that his eyes were extremely dark and bright at this time, as if he had sucked the sunlight all over the sky into those deep eyes, reflecting a pale golden light, scorching. It was so eye-catching that people hardly dared to look at it. In the depths of the light, there was undisguised concern and worry, "What's wrong, uncomfortable?" He asked.
Qing Chen helped his forehead, and said with a smile: "It's so violent, or, this Tubo wine has such a strong stamina?"
Ye Tianling raised his eyebrows lightly: "I couldn't drink and I had to be brave just now. You disappeared in a blink of an eye, I don't want you to be here."
Qing Chen was a little surprised, and caught a glimpse of the corners of his sharp lips raised upwards, not as faint and silent as usual, but with a very obvious smile. Only then did she know that even though a person with thin lips is ruthless, his smile can be so touching, just like a little greenery suddenly blooming in the frozen snow, which can make the world pale in an instant, just like Gao Jue The golden light shines on the lonely dangerous peak, the clouds break through the sky, the mountains are clear and the water is beautiful, the clouds are light and the wind is light.
The warm wind passed through slightly in front of her body, and a few soft cherry blossoms seemed to be deliberately twirled and landed on Ye Tianling's shoulders, blending a rare gentleness into his chiseled face and clean figure, which made her feel for a moment I was dazzled, and after a pause, Fang said, "I just met Shi Shi, so I chatted here for a few words."
"What are you talking about?" Ye Tianling asked casually.
"Talk..." Qing Chen thought for a while, then raised his eyes to look at him, and when he saw her stop talking, he turned his eyes to ask. Qing Chen's phoenix eyes flashed a gleam of light, which flashed across his eyes unexpectedly, and the smile that flowed out was faint, and she said slowly: "Talk about the marriage gift from Yanxi Palace that day."
Ye Tianling's expression froze, and a strangeness flashed across his brows. Qing Chen looked at him with long eyes without avoiding it. This was the first time that one of them took the initiative to bring up this topic, the marriage gift from Yanxi Palace. Before that, the two of them coincidentally avoided each other, it was simply an incomparable tacit cooperation.
And for the first time, Ye Tianling avoided Qing Chen's gaze first, and turned his gaze elsewhere.
Qing Chen saw the corners of his lips tightening slightly, which was the all-too-familiar sign that he turned to Leng Ran, her heart skipped a beat, and she regretted saying that for a moment. However, only for a moment, Ye Tianling looked at her again, there seemed to be deep and shallow ripples in the bottom of the seemingly calm eyes, and there was a watery clear light floating in it, which made people confused for no reason. He looked at her quietly for a while, then suddenly held her hand: "Follow me."
"Where are you going?" Qing Chen asked.
Ye Tianling didn't answer, and took her out of Hanguang Hall, saying, "Wait for me here for a while."
Qing Chen stood where he was, and after a while, he heard the brisk sound of horse hooves, a white shadow flashed, and Feng Chi was already in front of him, Ye Tianling stretched out his hand: "Get on the horse!"
Qing Chen was led on horseback by him, and he quickly left Xuansheng Palace along a remote side door, heading straight for Baolu Mountain.